They are a quite distinctive seabird. Some 95 percent of Atlantic puffins breed around Newfoundland and Labrador, and indeed are that province’s official bird. They do however have colonies all around Canada’s maritime provinces and in parts of the northeastern… »
Highlights / Year: 2016
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
Buble’s back with an album, a movie and a scent
Michael Buble is back with a couple of goodies to share. His new album, ‘Nobody But Me’ will be available on October 21st, 2016. His ninth studio album, it will feature his versions of tunes such as the Beach Boys… »
Organ transplant awareness bike trip across Canada
Eileen Zheng‘s mother taught her to ride a bike, among the many other gifts during her upbringing. So when her mother’s kidney condition became really grave, Eileen offered one of hers, for the second time. This time her mother accepted.… »
Environment & Animal Life, Highlights, Society
Human laziness leading to high death toll of bears
In Revelstoke, B.C., nine bears killed over garbage this week alone A conservation officer in British Columbia spoke out in anger this week over the need to kill “habituated” bears These are bears that have become used to entering residential… »
Canada’s national police allows hijabs for officers
RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson recently approved an amendment to the force’s uniform code to allow female officers to wear a head scarf if they want to. Police forces in the cities of Toronto and Edmonton already allow specially-designed hijabs for… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
Environmentalists call B.C. climate plan a failure
The western province of British Columbia (B.C.) released a “Climate Leadership Plan” which environmentalists have panned. A government-appointed team spent six months studying climate change mitigation but many of its key recommendations were rejected. Activist and government-appointed advisor Tzeporah Berman… »
Economy, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
A world competition- with serious overtones- comes to Canada
The Olympics are over, but there is another kind of Olympic-like international competition going on right now here in Canada. It’s a friendly competition, but one with a much more serious purpose, in fact life and death. It too requires… »
Zoltan Sarosy celebrates chess on his 110th birthday
Zoltan Sarosy received birthday greetings from the Mayor of Toronto, the Premier of Ontario and the Prime Minister for his birthday yesterday. The former chess master turned 110, and according to the Gerontology Research Group, he is the oldest man… »
Economy tanks in important province
Once an economic driver for Canada, the western province of Alberta now faces the longest recession on record. Low energy prices have devastated the petroleum industry which once made Alberta’s economy one of the strongest in the world. Fort Mac fire… »
Highlights, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
The search for Terror continues (HMS Terror that is)
It was and remains one of the longest maritime mysteries ever. At the end of this month Canada will continue the search to solve another part of that mystery. What happened to the 1845 Franklin expedition’s ships and crew in… »
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