Canada’s new correctional investigator, Ivan Zinger has noted specific examples of what he calls misplaced or inappropriate conditions of confinement in Canadian penitentiaries. He is responsible for issuing an annual report on these facilities which hold inmates who must serve… »
Highlights / Year: 2017
Policewomen fight discrimination, sexual harassment
Women who say they have faced gender discrimination and sexual harassment as police officers are taking action on two fronts: they have formed a national advocacy group and are launching a class action lawsuit. They are by no means the… »
Highlights, International, Politics, Society
Canadian advisors in Iraq pause, hospital stays on
It’ll be slightly smaller, but the Liberal government announced that the Canadian combat hospital in Iraq will stay on. On the other hand, the approximately 200 Canadian Forces Special Operations personnel who have been advising and assisting both Iraqi and… »
Highlights, International, Society
Remembrance of Veterans starts with “Poppy Drop” in Ottawa
Remembrance Day, the day to pause and remember the fallen soldiers of wars and conflicts, is November 11th. That was the day the Armistice was signed to effectively end the First World War. The *poppy drop* 117,000 images of poppies… »
People of South Sudan still need our help: UNICEF
David Morley has a message for Canadians: “Don’t give up on South Sudan!” The international community cannot just throw up its hands and walk away from the crisis in South Sudan both morally and politically, no matter how hopeless the… »
International, Politics, Society
Canadian soldiers to proceed with Niger training despite deadly ambush of U.S. commandos
A group of Canadian soldiers will carry on with its training of Nigerien forces despite a deadly ambush by an ISIS offshoot earlier this month that killed four U.S. Special Forces commandoes in the West African nation of Niger, the… »
Study: “vaping” does lead to smoking cigarettes
A new Canadian study seems to put paid to an argument that e-cigarettes keeps young people away from smoking tobacco. In fact, the study says just the contrary The study involved some 44,000 teenage students in Ontario and Alberta and… »
Law would ban cell phone use while crossing roads
Distracted pedestrians are more likely to be hit when crossing the street so a member of the provincial government of Ontario is proposing a law to improve safety. The Phones Down, Heads Up Act was tabled today in the legislature… »
Economy, International, Society
China seeks another major Canadian purchase; Beware says expert
“The naivete, and short-sightedness of people always surprises” M Juneau Katsuya China is to set to move into another large industrial area in Canada as it seeks to take over Canada’s largest publicly-traded construction company. This comes on the heels… »
Climate change, habitat loss, hard on migratory birds
Changes to the climate and habitat are occurring so rapidly that it is difficult for some bird species to adapt and, if they cannot adapt or conditions do not improve, they could face extinction. Migratory birds in eastern Canada face… »
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