Jeanne Beker is being honoured with a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame. The fashion maven and TV personality was the woman at the helm of ‘Fashion Television’. The show, that brought us the designers, the catwalks and the behind-the-scenes… »
Highlights / Year: 2016
Doctors advised to not talk about weight with teens
Obesity and eating disorders are prevalent in adolescents in Canada and the U.S. and the American Academy of Pediatrics has advice for doctors wanting to prevent both. A new report suggests that they avoid talking to teens about weight and… »
Meet Illustrator / artist Karon Argue
She’s extremely good, and when you realize the challenges she’s overcome, it becomes even more amazing. Karon Argue lives in High River, in the western prairie province of Alberta. From her book, *The Smooch* © Karon Argue She says she’s been… »
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The LINK Online Sat. Aug 27, 2016
Your hosts, Lynn and Marc Almost all the world’s species-rich regions like this natural forest in Borneo have been ‘seriously altered’ by human activity. © Oscar Venter Many reports and research studies have pointed out that species are going extinct around… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous
Greenpeace report calls on Nunavut to shun resource development in favour of sustainable projects
Canada’s Arctic territory of Nunavut has an unprecedented opportunity for demonstrating to the world what sustainable development looks like in the post-fossil fuel era, says a new report commissioned by Greenpeace. The report, entitled Beyond Fossil Fuels – Sustainable Economic Development… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Society
Islamaphobia guide ready for educators this fall
Islamaphobia is a growing problem in Canada. According to Statistics Canada‘s police reports of hate crimes, there was a doubling of attacks against Muslims between 2012 and 2014. The encounters varied from verbal harassment to physical harassment and the vandalism of… »
Canada announces big return to international peacekeeping
A high-level team of government officials were assembled to announce Canada’s big new commitment to international peacekeeping. Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, all gave brief… »
Halifax memorial honours WWI soldiers
A memorial was unveiled in the eastern city of Halifax today to honour the tens of thousands of Canadian soldiers who left from there to fight in World War I and never returned. Canada was a colony of Britain so… »
International, Politics, Society
Stephen Harper resigns his seat
Stephen Harper, the former Prime Minister of Canada, resigned his seat in Parliament today. In a recorded message on his facebook page, Stephen Harper thanked his MP’s, and listed the Conservative government’s accomplishments, after almost 10 years in power. The… »
Canada lacks clear laws on surrogacy: professor
Canada has become an attractive place for couples outside the country to seek surrogate mothers to carry their embryos. There is said to be an increasing demand as countries like India, Mexico and Thailand stopped allowing international surrogacy. And while… »
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