A complaint against a First Nations reserve near Montreal is now being referred the the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. The Kahnawake Mohawk reserve established a policy in 1981 which dictated that any Mohawk who married a non-indigenous person, as well… »
Highlights / Year: 2016
Police ride buses to catch distracted drivers
Distracted drivers are causing so many more accidents that police are looking for new ways to catch them, reports CBC. People tend to hold their cellphones in their laps in hopes of not being caught and having to pay fines… »
Economy, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
UPDATED: Telecom regulator declares broadband Internet basis service in Canada
Broadband access Internet service is now considered a basic telecommunications service for all Canadians, regardless whether they live in major urban centres or remote rural communities, Canada’s national telecommunications regulator declared today. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
New prehistoric bird species discovered in Canadian Arctic
Researchers at the University of Rochester have discovered a new species of bird that lived in the High Canadian Arctic about 90 million years ago, when the area had a local climate similar to that of today’s northern Florida. The… »
Economy, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Panel recommends change of direction to help young find jobs
It appears that online job applications are not all they are cracked up to be. A federal panel charged with examining unemployment among Canada’s youth is recommending a move away from digital services to for young, first-time job applicants. In… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life
Environmental groups ‘thrilled’ with U.S.-Canada ban on Arctic drilling
Environmental groups are welcoming an announcement by the U.S. and Canada that they will freeze future oil and gas drilling in their Arctic waters. U.S. President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that most of the Chukchi and Beaufort seas off the… »
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Canadians grapple with the Trump phenomenon
Canadian politicians and diplomats continue to ponder how the nature of U.S.-Canada relations will change–if at all–when Donald Trump takes over the White House on Jan. 20. In what is the largest trading partnership in the world, Canada sells three-quarters… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
Government talks noise abatement to protect whales
Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc told the Canadian Press that he is seeking to regulate underwater shipping noise as part of a strategy to protect a group of endangered orca whales off Canada’s west coast, reports Canadian Press. Noise is likely… »
Canadian tennis: Questions abound as the players head to Australia
The travelling circus that is the professional tennis tour is getting set to crank things up again on the other side of the world in the leadup to the Australian Open. Daniel Nestor, left, and Vasek Pospisil made it to… »
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Stranded ship crew gets Christmas gifts
The crew of a ship anchored off Canada’s west coast have received donations of food, supplies and gifts to help make their Christmas merry. The sixteen crew members hail from South Korea and the Philippines. They are stuck on the 255-metre-long… »
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