Highlights / Year: 2019

Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society

Will Canada win the race for lab-grown “meat”?

If it looks like meat, tastes like meat, is it meat? It’s called “cultured protein”, but generally known as lab-grown meat, but not only meat, but potentially eggs, poultry flesh, fish flesh and even milk. The process involves taking some »

Arts & Entertainment, Health, International, Politics, Society

Hearing on the case of runner Caster Semenya and testosterone

Testosterone is  primarily a male hormone. South African gold medal winning female runner Caster Semenya apparently has a lot of testosterone naturally in her body. It’s been suggested that has given her an unfair advantage over other female athletes. The »

Uncategorized

Record number of tourists visit Canada in 2018

A record 21.3 million travellers came to Canada in 2018, reports Destination Canada, a national marketing organization. The tourism sector accounts for 745,300 jobs and contributes an estimated $102.5 billion dollars. Many travellers come from the United States, but this »

Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society

Screen time more than doubled for the very young: study

A new study suggests that by 2014, children under two were spending more than double the screen time they did in 1997. This comes at a time the Canadian Paediatric Society recommends no screen time for this age group. “That’s »

Economy, Immigration & Refugees, Society

Rush for heavy truck licences ahead of new rules

Spurred on by a deadly crash last year between a bus carrying young hockey players and a tractor trailer, new rules are being created for obtaining a commercial heavy truck driver’s licence. The crash in Saskatchewan resulted in 16 deaths »

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Oil giant Devon Energy set to depart Alberta

As a new study shows Alberta’s government increasing its subsidies to the fossil fuel sector, an American-based energy company says its pulling out of the province’s oilsands. A report released today by Environmental Defence and the International Institute for Sustainable »

Society

Multi-vehicle pileups send eight to hospital

Part of the Trans-Canada Highway in the western province of Alberta was closed on Feb. 20, 2019 after dozens of vehicles flew off snowy and icy roads. A critical emergency alert was issued just before 7 pm for a stretch »

Health, Politics, Society

Ottawa faces more legal challenges from veterans

As RCI reported earlier this week, relations between Ottawa and many of Canada’s veterans are deteriorating at a rapid rate. Things appeared to get worse Thursday morning. Canada’s leading journalist on most things military, CBC News’s Murray Brewster reported the »

Arts & Entertainment, Society

Canadians are concerned about “fake news”

A new survey shows a very high percentage of Canadian online users have some degree of concern about disinformation online, or so-called “fake news”. Media Technology Monitor, is a research product of Canada’s national public broadcaster, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Radio-Canada. MTM’s »

Economy, Health, International, Politics, Society

Quebec cannabis rules continue to raise hackles

Public consultations on the use of pot in the province of Quebec were due to wrap up Wednesday, following a day when frustrations about the new Coalition Avenir Quebec government’s stance on the matter boiled over. In December, the government »