If Santa Claus resides at the North Pole, and Canada hopes to claim the North Pole as part of its territory, then one wonders if Santa’s reindeer might not really be Canadian caribou. New research shows a strong genetic connection… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
One-day crowdsourcing experiment to track longest night in Edmonton
When the sun sets Friday (December 20) in the western Canadian city of Edmonton, it will be the start of the longest night of the year. A group of professors and students hope to “shed some light ” on what it… »
Ottawa’s reluctance stalls finance ministers’ talks on pension reform
Despite most of Canada’s provinces wanting to move ahead to protect Canada’s government pension plan, Canada’s Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said this was not the right time to do anything, or plan anything. Finance ministers from Canada’s 10 provinces met… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology
China joins ‘elite space club’ with lunar mission
China says its mission to the moon has been successful and is paving the way for a future mission that will bring back lunar soil and rock samples. This is the first time vehicles have landed on the moon in… »
Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Designing the better Christmas tree
For those who like the look and wonderful pine frangrance of real tree to place in their house to celebrate Christmas, there are nevertheless some drawbacks. While selecting a nicely shaped tree can take time, perhaps the major concern is… »
Economy, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Canada’s Competition Bureau to investigate Google search dominance
Canada’s Competition Bureau is seeking a court order that would require Google’s Canadian subsidiary to furnish antitrust investigators with internal company records as part of an investigation into whether Google is abusing its dominance of the Internet search market to stifle competition… »
Judges defy government’s crime penalties
Justice Minister Peter MacKay says judges who refuse to apply mandatory penalties for convicted criminals are showing contempt for the law. As part of its tough-on -crime agenda, the current Canadian government doubled the amount criminals should pay for victim’s… »
Canadians’ financial situation still shaky.
A number of financial institutions recently commissioned separate polls on Canadian’s financial well-being and found too many are still near the financial edge. The Desjardins group commissioned a SOM internet poll of over 3,300 Canadians across the country on their… »
‘My job to feed my neighbour’s child? I don’t think so,’ says Industry Minister
Canadian Industry Minister James Moore’s remarks about child poverty set off so much criticism that Monday (December 16) the minister apologized on his website and his Twitter account. On Sunday, asked about the high level of child poverty in Canada’s Pacific… »
Minister: Canadian passport not a ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ card
“While Canadian officials strive to provide the best possible consular assistance to Canadians in all regions of the world, the Government of Canada cannot stress enough that a Canadian passport is not a ‘get out of jail free’ card,” is the… »
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