Two years ago, the 21 universities in Canada’s central province of Ontario came up with an idea to make the public more aware of the research their universities were doing, and how that research benefitted them. The concept is called “Research… »
Highlights / Month: April 2014
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Atlantic Canada’s music celebrated at annual East Coast Music Awards
The musical talent of Canada’s Atlantic Provinces was in the spotlight at the annual East Coast Music Awards which wrapped up a week of activities on Sunday (March 6) with a gala awards show in the city of Charlottetown. Since… »
Election day in the province of Quebec
Today millions of people in the mostly French-speaking province of Quebec, the second most populous in Canada, will go to the polls to elect a provincial government. Over 6-million residents are eligible to vote in the province and almost 20%… »
Canadian peacekeepers commemorate Rwandan genocide
Several of the 13 Canadians who were part of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda are meeting in Ottawa today to mark the anniversary of the Rwandan massacre. The killing started after President Juvenal Habyarimana died in a plane… »
Ontario Appeals Court to rule on citizenship oath challenge
The Ontario Court of Appeal, the highest court in the province, is set to hear a case this week to determine the constitutionality of a long-standing requirement of Canadian citizenship. The Citizenship Act requires applicants for citizenship to swear or… »
Search for Canadian nun kidnapped in Africa
Canada’s government is trying to get more information about a 74-year-old nun who was kidnapped along with two priests in Cameroon on Saturday. Gilberte Bussière had been in the west African country for more than 30 years. There is a… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Depressed young men become more sedentary: study
Young men who reported depressive symptoms at age 20, four years later reported spending more time on computers or watching television, according to research at McGill University. The same was not true for women. Sedentary behaviour is associated with adverse… »
Politics Today – April 6, 2014
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda discusses Canada’s absence in the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. He reports on a decision by one Canadian province, Newfoundland and Labrador, to replace all student loans with student grants. And… »
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The LINK Online (Sat April 5, 2014)
Your hosts this week Lynn Desjardins, Wojtek Gwiazda, Marc Montgomery In its most recent report and for the first time, scientists convened by the United Nations on the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warn that if the world does nothing to… »
Minister says Elections Canada doing ‘terrible job’
Canada’s Minister of State for Democratic Reform Pierre Poilievre continued to praise the federal government’s proposed Fair Elections Act this week. On Friday (April 4) faced with more criticisms of the legislation, he said the agency responsible for conducting elections… »
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