One of Canada’s most prestigious literary prizes has been awarded. The $25,000 RBC-Taylor prize for non-fiction was given to Mark Bourrie. Bourrie (PhD) is a journalist, author and currently lecturer in history at Carleton University, and Canadian Studies at the… »
Highlights / Year: 2020
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
Canada invests in power line to deliver hydroelectric power to Saskatchewan
The Canadian federal government announced yesterday that it is investing $18.7 million to the construction of a transmission line that will connect Saskatchewan to Manitoba’s supply of cleaner hydroelectricity, according to a press release from the Manitoba government. Manitoba Hydro,… »
International, Society, Sports
Ayres’s legacy: NHL keeps emergency goalie rule
In a burst of sanity, National Hockey League general managers have decided there will be no change in the protocol that applies to emergency goalies. It stays as it is. Following 42-year-old David Ayres’s sensational leap into the North American… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
Federal politician takes the gun licence course
In Canada where the often bitterly heated debate about firearms has been raging on and off for decades, a federal politician decided he needed to be informed by fact, not opinion. Tako Van Popta is the Conservative Member of Parliament… »
Tory leadership race moves forward minus Richard Décarie
The race to lead the Conservative Party, Canada’s Official Opposition, continues to unfold with what appears–so far–to be a minimum of malice, not especially surprising given the announcement of who will succeed Andrew Scheer won’t be made until a leadership… »
Covid-19: Calls for lower bank rates amid slowing economies
As fears over the covid-19 virus rise, and the economy slows, financial experts are predicting that bank rates may be lowered to help economies. The Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) downgraded its global GDP outlook saying the economic… »
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Portraits of Black Canadian – Episode 23
Maka Kotto Poet, actor, stage director, and first black Afrcan elected to the Canadian Parliament.
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Cancer in Canada: the battle remains joined
A new study says cancer remains the leading cause of death in Canada, with lung cancer leading the way. The study, published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, predicts that nearly 226,000 cases of cancer will be diagnosed this… »
Alberta based energy company “deeply” regrets suggestive cartoon
Content Warning: Sexual Violence The Alberta based energy company X-Site Energy Services said that they deeply regret that pain that was caused by a sexually suggestive cartoon that seemed to depict the 17 year old climate activist Greta Thunberg, according… »
Internet, Science & Technology
Astronomy PhD Student at UBC discovers 17 new potential planets
An astronomy student completing her PhD research at the University of British Columbia has discovered 17 new planets according to research that was published in The Astronomical Journal last week. Michelle Kunimoto is working on her PhD in the Department… »
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