North America is losing its birds. While other studies have reported losses in seabirds, a new report says North America’s land bird population has been almost decimated over the last 40 years. Judith Kennedy is co-author of the report and… »
Highlights / Year: 2016
Big approval rating for Canada’s prime minister
In what could be the longest political honeymoon in Canadian history, 65 per cent of people surveyed say they approve of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Angus Reid public opinion poll comes just under one year after a federal election… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
New tool to track illegal fishing, foster sustainability
New technology lets anyone in the world have a free look at the activities of the world’s largest commercial fishing vessels via internet. Oceana, SkyTruth and Google teamed up to launch Global Fishing Watch which they hope will help curb illegal… »
Environment & Animal Life, Highlights, International, Society
History Sept. 15,1885: Death of a star entertainer, a huge star
At over 4 metres (13 feet) tall at the time of death, he was big. In fact in the English language his name has come to mean anything big from jumbo jets, to jumbo shrimp..to, well anything big. Jumbo the… »
Arts & Entertainment, Health, Highlights, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Lawsuit over sex-toy spying
Imagine you buy a sex toy and then find out it’s sending information over the web to the company about how you use it. The We-Vibe is a high-end vibrator which is also Wi-Fi and Bluetooth compatible. Through a downloaded… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics, Society
Ocean Frontier Institute established on east coast
The Ocean Frontier Institute is the newly created entity combining the marine knowledge and expertise at the University of Prince Edward Island, Memorial University in Newfoundland and Dalhousie Unversity in Nova Scotia. “Climate change is very much ocean change. The… »
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Raul Castro meets Quebec Premier Couillard
Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard ended a two-day visit to Cuba yesterday on a high note, following a surprise meeting with President Raul Castro. The meeting was not part of the premier’s itinerary. Couillard is the first Quebec premier to make an official… »
Economy, International, Society
W. Galen Weston steps down
Changes at the top of Loblaws. and the company that owns Selfridges, Holt Renfrew, Brown Thomas in Ireland and de Bijenkorf in the Netherlands. W. Galen Weston stepped down, making way for son Galen G. Weston to take the reins at… »
Economy, Immigration & Refugees, Society
Immigrants are an enormous benefit, says professor
Immigrants who come to Canada are “highly entrepreneurial” and are “an enormous benefit to Canadian prosperity” says Bessma Momani, a professor at the University of Waterloo and fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, a policy think tank. She… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Increase farm yields, reduce environmental impact: Food from Thought Initiative
The federal government is injecting substantial money into research intended to spur development of new technologies in farm practices. The basic idea is to achieve greater yields from crops and farmed animals while at the same time reducing the environmental… »
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