What is the farthest you have ever walked? Wednesday, a pair of 25-year old childhood friends were expected to complete the more than 5,400-kilometre hike from their front door in Jasper, Alberta, to the Mexican border. Liam Harrap and Jake… »
Highlights / Year: 2014
Health, Immigration & Refugees, International, Society
Almost 180 people denied entry to Canada due to Ebola
In October, following Australia’s lead, Canada stopped issuing visas for residents and nationals of West African countries battling Ebola. It also temporarily suspended the processing of permanent residence applications for people from Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. As a result… »
Renowned abstract painter Jacques Hurtubise, dead at 75
It was revealed Tuesday that Montreal-born painter Jacques Hurtubise passed away suddenly over the weekend at his home on Cape-Breton Island, in Nova Scotia. The prolific Quebec artist carved out a place for himself on the Canadian art scene with… »
Homelessness still plagues Canadian society
Let’s face it. The holiday season is exhausting. Presents to buy, parties to attend, family to deal with, plans to make. How about a bit of perspective. On any given night across Canada, there are at least 35,000 persons who… »
Edmonton grapples with city’s worst-ever mass murder
Edmonton, Alberta is reeling from the worst mass murder in the city’s history and one of the worst ever in Canada. Four female adults, two male adults and two children, a boy and a girl both under 10, were killed… »
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2014: Technology review
2014 was an interesting year in the ongoing evolution of social media. It was also a year of ongoing technological innovation, as well as a return to previous innovations consumers liked best. Carmi Levy is a popular Canadian Tech analyst.… »
Refitted frigate heads to Mediterranean
A Canadian frigate left Halifax on Tuesday bound for the Mediterranean Sea to a NATO maritime force aimed at reassuring eastern European allies worried about the crisis in the Ukraine. HMCS Fredericton is the first Canadian frigate that’s received upgrades… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Canadian military presence increases in Sierra Leone Ebola fight
Thirty-seven Canadian Armed Forces doctors, nurses, medics and support staff have started working at a British-run Ebola clinic in Sierra Leone. The centre at Kerry Town primarily provides care for local and international health-care workers who contract Ebola. The World… »
Health, International, Society
Canadian Forces personnel deployed to Sierra Leone to battle Ebola
The first Canadian military medical team to join the international efforts against Ebola in West Africa has arrived in Kerry Town, Sierra Leone. The 37 doctors, nurses, paramedics and support staff will be working in a British-run clinic, treating patients from… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Radioactivity from the Fukushima disaster rising in Pacific Ocean, off BC’s coast
After the Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami caused a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant, in March 2011, water became contaminated by leeching radioactive material. A large plume of cesium particles spread across the Pacific Ocean… »
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