If Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre has his way, Montrealer’s will soon be able to drink until the sun comes up, at least during the summer when the sun rises that early. Mayor Coderre is championing a move to extend the… »
Highlights / Month: March 2014
Border agency needs oversight: human rights groups
The Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) has broad police powers but there is no independent oversight mechanism to handle complaints as there is for other police forces and agencies in Canada. As it now stands, complaints are handled internally. Recourse… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Canadian led effort to deal with toxic munitions dumped in the world’s oceans
For many decades, the world’s governments and militaries have been using the oceans as a dumping ground for old munitions and chemical weapons. Canadian Terrence Long has long campaigned to get the world to be aware of the issue and… »
Cain’s Quest: Extreme racing Canadian winter style
It’s the longest extreme sport of its kind in the world and definitely not for the faint of heart. Its a 3,000 kilometre long snowmobile rally called Cain’s Quest which travels through the wilderness and arctic-like conditions of Labrador in… »
Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Bitcoin: more setbacks with hacking of Canadian exchange
Yet more bad news for fans of virtual currency and bitcoin especially. Flexcoin, an Alberta-based bitcoin exchange announced on Tuesday it was shutting down following a hacking and theft of its reserve of the virtual money. A thief or thieves… »
Customer held responsible for credit card fraud
A Canadian man is fighting a bank’s insistence that he pay more than $80,000 that was fraudulently charged to his credit card, and that is raising questions about whether banks are seeking to shift liability for fraud to their customers.… »
Porn channels may not have enough Canadian content
The government body that regulates Canadian broadcasting, the CRTC, has warned two porn channels that they may not be airing enough Canadian content or closed captioning. Broadcasters in Canada are required to air 35 per cent Canadian programming over the… »
Election campaign begins in province of Quebec
Canada’s predominantly French-speaking province of Quebec is now officially in an election campaign, and election day is April 7. The premier of Canada’s second most populous province, Pauline Marois, made the announcement Wednesday morning (March 5). Elected 18 months ago… »
Health, International, Society
McGill website answers health care questions
Calling it an antidote to Dr. Google, the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) is offering a website for medical information that is available on tablet, is easy to search and connect with. Many people use Google to search for information… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Study suggests CO2 may have already changed Antarctic climate and ocean currents
A new study suggests that an enormous opening in the sea ice that surrounds Antarctica in winter was nature’s way of releasing heat from the deep southern ocean. “Was”, because the opening or “polynya” seen in early satellite images of… »
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