Degrees from Canadian universities are among the most highly valued by employers worldwide, according to a new survey of thousands of global businesses. Five Canadian universities are in the Top 100 list of this year’s Times Higher Education Global University… »
Highlights / Year: 2017
Record number of deaths in Canada in 2014
In 2014, Canada recorded the highest number of deaths since the government started collecting such statistics in 1921. This is partly because the overall population is growing and because a large proportion of the population is getting old, where mortality… »
International, Politics, Society
Canada pledges 200 elite troops and aircaft for future UN peacekeeping operations
Two years after announcing Canada’s re-engagement with the United Nations, the Liberal government finally unveiled Wednesday its formal commitments to UN peacekeeping operations, pledging to contribute helicopters, transport aircraft and a 200-strong rapid-response team of elite soldiers. Prime Minister Justin… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Thousands of scientists from 184 countries warn humanity-again
(comments open on all RCI stories- to add your comment go to the form at bottom of page) This week, more than 15.000 scientists from around the world signed an open letter noting the lack of action on environmental issues.… »
Lawyers flag human rights violations against lawyers
Lawyers in the province of Ontario are expressing grave concern regarding human rights violations against lawyers around the world. The Law Society of Upper Canada is urging all governments to comply with international human rights, including those pertaining to United… »
Amid military coup in Zimbabwe, Canadians there urged to remain indoors
The federal government is advising Canadians in the Zimbabwe capital of Harare to stay indoors Wednesday amid political turmoil in the African nation and reports that the Zimbabwean military was holding President Robert Mugabe and his wife under house arrest… »
Wood Buffalo listed among threatened World Heritage Sites
The conservation outlook for Wood Buffalo National Park has been downgraded to one of “significant concern” by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The group representing about 10,000 world experts lists the risks facing this World Heritage… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Highlights
Wild boars in western Canada: “ecological trainwreck”
It was another case of a theoretically good idea, which has turned out to be highly problematic in reality. Wild boars were imported to the western province of Saskatchewan in the late 1980’s to early 90’s as part of an… »
Health issues in pregnancy increase later risk for moms and dads
Women who develop diabetes and high blood pressure during pregnancy are at much greater risk of getting both as well as heart disease in the years after the baby is born, and fathers have increased risk too, according to a… »
Canadian home sales edge up again in October
Resales of Canadian homes rose 0.9 per cent in October from September, but remained almost 11 per cent below the record set in March, according to the latest report by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). Actual sales, not seasonally… »
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