There have been many duck billed dinosaur fossils, but now an international team has made a previously unheard of discovery. Working with paleontologists and scientists at the University of Alberta, this fossil is what is known as a “natural cast”… »
Highlights / Year: 2013
Public debate needed says Canada’s postal union president
Canada Post is a public service for Canadians, it has made hundreds of millions in profits, some changes should be made, but that does not justify the massive service cuts to mail delivery and employees announced last week says Denis… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology
Canada participates in the physics “breakthrough of the year”
An international scientific research centre in the Antarctic has just been named as Breakthrough of the Year, by the British magazine Physics World. Canada is among the countries involved with the neutrino hunting project known as “IceCube” Ken Clark PhD,… »
Put warning labels on alcohol: scientists
Public health advocates are calling for warning labels on alcohol packages similar to those that now appear on tobacco products sold in Canada. A recent editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal called for such labels to counter alcohol advertising aimed… »
Fewer Canadians giving less to charity
Fewer Canadians are donating money to registered charities and they are giving smaller amounts, according to a study by The Fraser Institute, and independent think-tank. When Canadians make charitable donations they may declare them on their income tax filings and… »
Canada pledges aid for Central African Republic
Canada will contribute $5 million to the international mission in the Central African Republic. 600 people have died in fighting between Christians and Muslims and more than a quarter of the population in the capital Bangui have fled their homes… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
A prescient request from the past in the high Arctic
It was a voice from the past, in one of the most remote areas on earth. Red ballon indicates Ward Hunt Island, closest Canadian land to the north pole © RCI-google In 1959, a young geologist from Ohio in the… »
Arts: Toronto political cartoonist, and artist Andy Donato
For decades people have been either laughing, frowning, or cringing at Andy Donato’s work. He has long been one of Canada’s most respected political cartoonists. Originally a layout artist and illustrator for Eaton’s department store, the tug of journalism drew… »
Dad’s diet may affect risk of birth defect
Canadian women are routinely told to be sure to eat healthy foods when they want to conceive a baby, but new research suggests men should do the same. Researchers at McGill University in Montreal have found that male mice fed… »
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Politics Today – December 15, 2013
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reports on the early start of the holiday break in Canada’s Parliament. He also deals with an incident in a House of Commons committee in which government Members of Parliament forced… »
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