Canada’s environment minister is poised to impose a price on carbon on any provincial government that fails to do so or fails to set up its own cap-and-trade system. But she will not adopt a more aggressive target for reducing… »
Highlights / Year: 2016
Immigration & Refugees, International, Society
Canada could lead a world rethink of ‘unfair’ refugee system: group
The global refugee system is unfair and inadequate, and Canada could lead efforts to change it, says a group of Canadians. “The main flaw with the current refugee system is that it lacks predictability,” says James Milner, associate professor at… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Highlights, International, Politics
Canada-US lumber deal, back again, still bad for Canada
A new assessment by an economic analysis group says the Canada-US softwood lumber deal threatens up to 22,000 jobs in Canada. It adds the deal has benefitted American producers, while harming Canadian producers and American consumers. The analysis was prepared… »
Health, International, Politics
Global Fund raises nearly $13B to tackle AIDS, TB and malaria
An international fundraising conference in Montreal raised $12.9 billion US to replenish the Global Fund, a public-private partnership fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, according to the Prime Minister’s Office. The sum fell just short of the $13 billion… »
Make it Awkward campaign against racism growing in Alberta
Make it Awkward was how Jesse Lispcombe responded to a racist incident on the streets of Edmonton, Alberta, on August 31st. Since then, his reaction has caught on, and it’s shaking Canadians out of the illusion that racism is not an ugly… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
Phase out coal faster, save lives, urges think-tank
The energy think-tank, Pembina Institute is urging the province of Alberta to speed up its promised phase-out of coal-fired electricity plants. The government vows to shut down the 18 plants by 2030. But the institute says doing so faster could… »
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National Film Board: Grasslands Project
Canada is sprinkled with small towns, many slowly fading, others determined to hang on in spite of the odds. Canada is also a huge country with vastly differing environments. One of the regions that has not received a lot of… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
the LINK Online Sep. 17, 2016
your hosts Lynn, Marc, Carmel Classrooms in southern Ontario schools have been so hot, getting down to work was not possible last week. © istock It’s been hot in central Canada this summer, It was hot in June in the final… »
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Rush gets Key to Toronto
Rush, the Canadian band behind the international hits like Tom Sawyer, Closer to the Heart and YYZ, will be given a key to the city of Toronto, Mayor John Tory announced Thursday. Tory will present the key to band members… »
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GM and Unifor contract talks not going well
GM and Unifor, the Canadian union representing GM’s workers in Oshawa and St. Catherine’s, Ontario, are negotiating a new labour agreement in advance of a September 19th strike deadline. And it is not looking good. Gerry Dias, the head of Unifor wants… »
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