Canada is pledging $100 million over the next five years to help Caribbean island nations recover from the devastation and damage caused by the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, Canadian officials announced Tuesday at a pledging conference in New York. The… »
Highlights / Year: 2017
Close for-profit blood clinics, urge advocates
In 1997, an inquiry into a catastrophic tainted blood crisis concluded that people should not be paid for blood donations, yet the Canadian government is about to approve the opening of a third, private, for-profit clinic. The Canadian Health Coalition… »
Arts & Entertainment, Highlights, Society
Major auction of Canadian art; more record sales?
Toronto fine art auction house Heffel is again selling some major artworks on an online auction today. Featured are works by the renowned Canadian artist Lawren S Harris. He was the founder of iconic Canadian artists known as The Group… »
Embarrassed, Canadian university apology comes after public exposure
(to post or read comments, scroll to very bottom of story) Ontario university widely condemned by national and international media Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, (WLU) has apologized to a teaching assistant over their handling of a complaint against… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
Arctic data shows no pause in global warming: study
Researchers have long puzzled over an apparent contradiction in climate change calculations that suggested global warming may have paused or slowed down between 1998 and 2012 even as increased emissions of greenhouse gases in that period should have accelerated the… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International
Mega mergers in food industry: Opposition to Bayer-Monsanto deal continues
One of the biggest corporate mergers has elicited strong protest around the world. Bayer and Monsanto, already each a giant, are asking to merge into one multi-billion dollar mega corporation of pharmaceutical chemical, genetically modified seed giants. Many see the… »
Lawyer urges more action on deportations
There are about 15,000 foreign nationals on Canada’s list for deportation but some of them cannot be expelled because their countries will not take them back. Some work and contribute to society. Others are in detention because they are either… »
Fixing Ottawa’s troubled pay system will take years and more than $540M: auditor general
Fixing the federal government’s troubled pay system will take years and far more than the $540 million the Liberal government has set aside to clean up the mess, Canada’s auditor general said Tuesday. In his Fall 2017 report tabled in Parliament… »
Highlights, Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics
Canada braces for a potential flood of asylum claimants
(to post or read public comments on all RCI stories, scroll to very bottom of page) It was a U.S programme called Temporary Protection Status (TPS). It granted tens of thousands of Haitians and others, temporary ability to live and… »
Tax system failed to answer millions of calls: auditor-general
Tax department often didn’t answer or got it wrong, says report As if paying taxes weren’t bad enough, the auditor-general has found that 29 million telephone calls could not get through to the tax department out of a total of… »
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