The high cost of parking at hospitals has been a contentious issue for years. As an example, Ontario’s Health Minister says the province’s hospitals take in about $100 million per year from parking fees. While parking lots require expenditures, and… »
Highlights / Year: 2016
International, Politics, Society
Canada to negotiate extradition treaty with China
A former Canadian diplomat suggests the recent release of a Canadian jailed in China is linked to Canada’s agreement to negotiate an extradition treaty with China. Canadian missionary Kevin Garratt was deported to Canada after a meeting between a top… »
Canada set to open one of the world’s biggest diamond mines
Canada is set to cement its position as one of the big players in the global diamond industry with the official opening of the Gahcho Kue diamond mine in the Northwest Territories today. The mine, which sits in the tundra… »
International, Politics, Society
ISIS and the internet- turning a tool into a weapon
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… »
Economy, Health, Highlights, Politics, Society
Canada’s biggest city: more people edging toward hunger
In spite of being Canada’s busiest and most populous region, more people in the city of Toronto and surrounding urban boroughs, are going hungry. The Daily Bread Food Bank, the North York Harvest Food Bank and 170 member agencies in… »
International, Politics, Society
Conservatives challenge Trudeau on Africa peacekeeping mission
A plan by the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to deploy Canadian peacekeepers on a yet-to-be-disclosed peacekeeping mission somewhere in sub-Saharan Africa drew heavy fire from the opposition Conservatives as Parliament resumed Monday. The conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa… »
New designation for historic lighthouse
The East Point lighthouse on Prince Edward Island has just been named “Canada’s Confederation Lighthouse”. For many decades, even a century or more in some cases, Canada’s many lighthouses were a much welcomed beacon to sailors. With modern technology like… »
Diabetes risk among Indigenous people ‘staggering’: study
A new study suggests eight out of every ten young, Indigenous people in Canada will develop Type 2 diabetes and half of young, non-Indigenous Canadians will develop the disease in their lifetimes. “The numbers we find are staggering and concerning,”… »
Arts & Entertainment, Indigenous
National Film Board shares its treasure trove of Inuit stories
The National Film Board of Canada is launching a new learning resource designed to feature and share Inuit culture and life in the Arctic at the upcoming katingavik inuit arts festival in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Katingavik, which means a gathering place for… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Giant bio-chem merger: good for whom?
The proposed merger of two of the world’s biggest bio-tech and chemical companies has made world headlines. The merger, worth $66 billion, will see Bayer AG, involved mostly in chemicals. take over Monsanto Co. which is heavily involved in bio-technology.… »
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