Nothing on earth can survive without water. Not plants, not animals, not fish. Humans can survive only about 3 days without it. Even though the Earth is filled with lakes and rivers, and rain falls from the sky, we’re running… »
Highlights / Year: 2016
Highlights, Indigenous, Politics, Society
History: Oka crisis ends
It began with argument over land between a Mohawk reserve and the small town of Oka, about 60 kilometres north-west of Montreal. The small area of land claimed by the Mohawk reserve of Kahnestake had been in dispute for centuries.… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Canada to protect deep-sea corals off east coast
Canada’s Fisheries Department plans to protect corals deep in the ocean off the coast of the eastern province of Nova Scotia. This comes at a time when corals around the world are bleaching and dying. Two canyons measuring 9,000 square… »
Still no news about Canadian kidnapped in Libya
A week after a Canadian and two Italians were abducted in Libya’s southwestern desert, little is known about the fate and the whereabouts of the hostages. Michael O’Shaughnessy, a spokesperson for Global Affairs Canada, the federal department of foreign affairs,… »
International, Politics, Society
Professor Hoodfar released from Iranian prison
Canadian-Iranian professor Homa Hoodfar has been released from Iran’s notorious Evin Prison and is believed to be on her way Canada. The professor, who had taught at Concordia University in Montreal, was arrested in June while on a visit for… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
Diverse Canada a great place to be a writer: award nominee
Madeleine Thien is one of two Canadian authors short-listed for the Man Booker Prize, one of the world’s most prestigious literary prizes and on the short list for Canada’s Scotiabank Giller Prize. Her novel, Do Not Say We Have Nothing, is an… »
Trouble over aboriginal finances on Alberta reserve
The question of where federal funding is going once it is sent to indigenous reserves, has arisen once again. A controversy is brewing at the Alexander First Nation in Alberta where an outside financial forensic audit determined over $2 million went to… »
Canada’s African peacekeeping mission options
Stay away from Mali and be transparent about the risks. That’s the advice Stephen Saideman would give to Canada’s Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan as he weighs his options for a yet-to-be-announced peacekeeping mission in Africa. “I’d warn him off Mali,”… »
Uncategorized
Documentary film: How ISIS recruits
The young man who has lived next door for years suddenly grows a beard and starts criticizing western life; the young woman you’ve seen growing up, stops wearing make-up, begins to dress much more conservatively. One day, they disappear. It’s… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Study links internet addiction to mental health problems
A new study suggests that 42 per cent of 18 year old students are addicted to the internet and they have more mental health problems than those who are not. Researchers at McMaster University devised a new measure to determine… »
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