One of the mosquito species known to carry the Zika virus has been discovered in southwestern Ontario. Aedes albopictus is also known as the Asian Tiger mosquito. This species is known as a carrier of the West Nile disease, but… »
Highlights / Year: 2016
Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
Seeking greater protection for animals in Canada: failed
Protecting animals, wild and domestic, from abuse would seem to be a good thing. Animal rights groups have been fighting for years to modernize Canadian law with respect to treatment of animals, laws which in some cases have had little… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
Canada could suffer another fishery collapse, warns official
Canada’s commissioner of the environment and sustainable development has issued a dire warning about government management of fish stocks. “We’re at potential risk for another stock to potentially collapse. It’s disconcerting that the department wasn’t aware of this,” said Julie… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Society
Toronto park gets unanimous approval
Rail Deck park, as it’s known now, got unanimous approval yesterday in Toronto City Hall for $2.4 million (Cdn) for design work, but only after some bargaining. Suburban councillors are not as enthusiastic about the proposed 8.5 hectare landmark in… »
Rich Canada? Not so rich Canadians?
Canada is considered around the world to be a so-called “rich” country. But it seems Canadians themselves are struggling more and more, as costs rise all around them but not salaries. A new poll by Ipsos shows that almost a… »
Drake postpones show in hometown Toronto
Drake, the Toronto-born, Grammy-award winning rapper and platinum-selling recording artist, is disappointing some of his home-town fans this weekend. Due to an ankle injury he has been forced to post-pone some shows in his ongoing Summer Sixteen tour. The show in… »
Blue Jays’ victory marred by beer can throw
The Toronto Blue Jays won a thrilling victory last night with a three-run homer by Edwin Encarnacion that sent the 50,000 fans in the stands, into a state of elation. But it has been overshadowed today by the revolting behaviour of one fan.… »
Environment & Animal Life, Immigration & Refugees, Society
Haitian Montrealers watch hurricane aftermath
Haitian-Canadians, particularly those in the large community in Montreal, have been watching their island homeland over the last couple of days in the hope it would be spared further tragedy during Hurricane Matthew. “Since the earthquake, basically, there was two… »
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Dentists urge city to fluoridate water to fight tooth decay
Dentists and hygienists in the eastern city of Moncton are urging city officials to put the fluoride back in the water supply. They say cavities in children have increased 50 per cent in the five years since Moncton put a… »
Environment & Animal Life, Highlights, Internet, Science & Technology
Can trees adapt to climate change? Perhaps not easily
Some suprising new research shows trees in the same environment have developed shared genes, though they are different species. What researchers have long thought is that genetic solutions to deal with climate change would be complex, involving genetic differences and… »
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