Just off the coast of Japan, 251 Canadians are quarantined on a cruise ship. Out of the 3,700 people on board the cruise operated by Princess Cruises, 10 have tested positive for the coronavirus. None of those who tested positive… »
Highlights / Year: 2020
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Society
Black history month: Royal Canadian mint special coin
Another colour barrier was broken in professional sports on January 12, 1958, and once again that barrier was broken in Canada. That was the date that Fredericton New Brunswick’s Willie O’Ree took to the ice in a National Hockey League… »
Environment & Animal Life, International
Injured right whale calf: a small success, still great concern about survival
Marine biologists were somewhat encouraged by a half-dozen births this year to the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale population. This however is still well-below the hoped for number of about 30 births. Adding to their concern was that on… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Canada still wants to ban single use plastics in 2021
The Canadian federal government said that it’s still on track to ban single use plastics in 2021. “Science confirms that plastic pollution is everywhere and is negatively impacting our environment. This assessment will inform our decisions as our government follows… »
Arts & Entertainment, Health, Highlights, Internet, Science & Technology
Research may link exercise to improved video game performance
A Canadian researcher from McGill University recently conducted a study that suggests that exercise can improve performance in video games. A group of young players were asked to play the popular online video game, League of Legends for 20 minutes… »
First group of Canadians set to leave Wuhan on Thursday
A passenger plane chartered by the federal government to repatriate nearly 300 Canadians stranded in the Chinese city of Wuhan is on its way to a staging area in neighbouring Vietnam, where it will await a final clearance to airlift… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Largest Canadian solar farm to begin operating next year
Construction on what will be Canada’s largest solar farm is set to begin later this year. After receiving an investment of $500 million from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, the Greengate Power Corporation will begin to construct the Travers Solar Farm. It… »
Federal Court dismisses Indigenous appeal of Trans Mountain project approval
The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by Indigenous groups challenging the federal government’s approval of the Trans Mountain expansion project to pump about 890,000 barrels of crude per day from northern Alberta oil sands to an oil… »
Health, International, Society
Coronavirus threat causes midflight plane detour
Passengers aboard a flight from Toronto to Jamaica had a bit of a fright and a lengthy delay on Monday. About two hours into the four hour flight to the resort area of Montego Bay the plane was already over… »
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Portraits of Black Canadians – Episode 2
Mathieu Da Costa Mathieu Da Costa, the first black man to arrive in Canada, is said to have been born in the Azores. Da Costa was a free black man who in the early 1600s was employed as a translator by… »
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