The still controversial effort to generate electrical power from what is claimed as the world’s highest tides, is temporarily on a pause. Cape Sharp Tidal Venture, a joint venture of several companies, had installed its first revised technology late last… »
Highlights / Year: 2017
Canada wants to send more women peacekeepers to address gender issues
Canada is stepping up its efforts to advance the role of women and girls in peacetime and to protect their human rights in fragile, conflict or post-conflict countries, said Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland as she unveiled Ottawa’s new action… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Canadian documentary reveals pyramid secrets
It is one one of the most fascinating mysteries of history and engineering. How were the Egyptian pyramids built? And especially the biggest pyramid, the Great Pyramid of Khufu. The oldest Egyptian papyrus ever found has revealed vast new information… »
Immigration & Refugees, Society
Canada to accept more immigrants
Canada has announced the number of immigrants it will accept will increase in each of the next three years. In 2018 it will accept 310,000 permanent residents, in 2019 the number will increase to 330,000 and by 2020 it will… »
Environment & Animal Life, Highlights
Polar bears, climate change and growing concern
There are 19 subpopulations of polar bears spread throughout the Arctic, and while some are doing alright, others have already begun to feel the effects of climate change. Among them is the population around the western shore of Hudson Bay,… »
Millions of fire extinguishers recalled
More than 40 million fire extinguishers have been recalled in Canada and the United States because they might not work in an emergency. A recall notice was issued by the U.S. Consumer Safety Product Safety Commission. The commission said it… »
Building ski resort on sacred land does not violate freedom of religion: Supreme Court
Developing a ski resort in a region considered to be a sacred land by British Columbia’s Indigenous peoples does not violate their constitutional right to freedom of religion, a divided Supreme Court of Canada ruled in a majority decision Thursday. The… »
Whistleblower’s widow and son thank Canada for standing up to global corruption
The family of a Russian corruption whistleblower whose death in a notorious Moscow prison has come to symbolize the growing chasm between the West and the Kremlin says it wanted to come to Canada to thank Canadians for pushing ahead… »
Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Canada regularly under state-sponsored cyber attacks
In a way it’s a form of modern non-invasive warfare. Certain nations are using special government supported teams to hack into Canadian government computers to steal information, and a new port says its happening at an alarming rate. David Skillicorn… »
Chinese official justifies imprisonment of Uighur Canadian
A senior Chinese official visiting Canada defended the continuing imprisonment of Huseyin Celil who was arrested 10 years ago while travelling on a Canadian passport, reports the Globe and Mail newspaper. Celil supported the rights of Uighur people Amnesty International… »
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