The very elusive wolverine is yet another iconic northern animal facing increased pressure from humans and climate. Wolverines are harvested for their warm fur which is especially prized for use as a lining for parka hoods The Committee on the… »
Highlights / Year: 2014
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Winter not so wild this year, we hope!
Environment Canada is forecasting an average or warmer than normal winter for most of the country due in part to an El Nino. This is the name given to the warming of Pacific sea-surface temperatures that occurs every four to 12… »
Big increase in imprisoned aboriginal women
The number of aboriginal women sent to federal penitentiaries almost doubled in the years between 2002 and 2012, according to a government report obtained through Access to Information law. In those same years, the number of male aboriginal inmates climbed… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Dog calms girl in dad’s sexual assault trial
A specially-trained dog was allowed to accompany a seven-year-old girl testifying in her father’s sexual assault trial. The girl cannot be identified because of Canadian youth protection law. The girl’s father is charged with sexual assault with a weapon and… »
International, Society, Sports
Passing of a hockey legend
Jean Beliveau has died at age 83. In an era of extremely well-paid pro-sports stars getting into trouble for drugs, alcohol, violence, and other problems, Jean Beliveau was cut from of an entirely different type of cloth. He was a… »
Canada’s federal police pilots made false entries, flying planes overweight
Pilots of Canada’s federal police force, the RCMP. flew planes loaded with too many passengers and too much baggage, and fudged the records, the public-sector watchdog says in a report released Tuesday (December 2). Public Sector Integrity Commissioner Mario Dion… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
More jobs in clean energy than oilsands, report
Renewable energy has undergone big growth in Canada over the last five years and, with some support from the federal government, this country could be “a real leader” in the field, according to a report by Clean Energy Canada, a… »
Court blocks attempt by homeless to improve federal and provincial policies on homelessness
A provincial court of appeal in Canada has dismissed an appeal by a group of homeless people to use Canadian human rights laws against the federal government and Canada’s most populous province of Ontario. In a decision released Monday (December… »
Hefty sentence for staged collisions
A judge in the province of Ontario has ordered a man to pay $1.3 million in restitution and spend two years less a day in jail. Vishnukanthan Sabapathy of Markham, Ontario was charged in connection with what is known as… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
The pheromone feet of polar bears
Polar bears have given new meaning to sexy feet. Scientist had heard of anecdotal reports that polar bears sniff the tracks of other polar bears and will often follow those tracks but may prefer one track to another. Polar bears… »
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