Canada’s military ombudsman is calling on the Liberal government to streamline its Kafkaesque system of medical discharge to stop ill and injured soldiers falling through bureaucratic cracks without any benefits and support. In a report released today, ombudsman Gary Walbourne… »
Highlights / Year: 2016
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International
Curbing CO2 emissions and security on the agenda of Montreal aviation conference
Delegates from 191 countries and a number of international organizations representing the aviation sector have gathered in Montreal this week to discuss a landmark proposal on curbing global carbon emissions released by the industry. If approved by the 39th triennial… »
International, Politics, Society
PEN Canada denounces killing of Jordanian writer over Islam cartoon
In a press release today PEN Canada has denounced the murder of writer Nahed Hattar. The Jordanian writer was killed on the weekend as he approached the steps of a court building in Amman. He had been charged with “insulting… »
Canadians urged to fight sexual exploitation of children
For the fifth year in a row, a national charity is urging Canadians to report the online sexual exploitation of children or any behaviour they find to be suspicious. Cybertip.ca gets an average of 3,300 reports each month. Since its… »
Backcountry skier swept over cliff dies
Trevor Sexsmith, 27, died when a small avalanche swept him over a cliff near Lake Louise in western Canada’s Rocky Mountains. Sexsmith and other backcountry skiers travel to remote locations, sometimes over water, and climb mountains to ski down pristine… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Canada, and the world’s, water crisis Part 2 of 5
In her new book, Boiling Point: Government neglect, corporate abuse, and Canada’s water crisis” Maude Barlow details the variety of situations that threaten Canada’s and the world’s supply and access to fresh water. “The water crisis is at our door… »
Immigration & Refugees, Politics, Society
People whose citizenship is revoked deserve a hearing, advocates argue
Canada may stop stripping citizenship from people who misrepresented themselves on citizenship, permanent residency or refugee applications, reports the Globe and Mail newspaper. The issue commanded attention when news broke that Member of Parliament and Minister of Democratic Institutions Maryam… »
Highlights, Immigration & Refugees, International, Society
Slander lawsuit pits Islamic school against feminist
A court case began this week over events that stretch back to 2012. An award-winning author and avowed secularist Djemila Benhabib is being sued by a private Islamic school in Montreal over remarks she made during a radio interview in… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Arctic shipwreck confirmed as Franklin expedition’s missing HMS Terror
Canadian officials have confirmed that a shipwreck found in uncharted waters of a remote Arctic bay earlier this month is in fact HMS Terror, the second of two British ships lost in the ill-fated 19th century attempt to sail through… »
Royal ‘snub’ makes headlines in Britain
It might enter the annals of Canadian history as the cutest royal snub. But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s failed bid to high-five three-year-old Prince George who’s visiting Canada for the first time had the British media in a tizzy. Trudeau… »
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