Canada joined the United States and the European Union in imposing sanction on six Russian officials in Crimea over their involvement in local elections last fall in the Russian-controlled Black Sea peninsula that was part of Ukraine before Russia annexed… »
Highlights / Year: 2020
British Columbia to offer mental health support for post secondary students
The Canadian province of British Columbia is looking at new ways to make it easier for post secondary students to access mental health services. The service, which is due to launch this spring will give students access to trained counselors… »
Canada lukewarm to Trump’s Middle East ‘peace plan’
Canada will “carefully examine the details of the U.S. initiative for the Middle East peace process,” Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne said Tuesday, calling for a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The carefully worded statement avoided any assessment of… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Canadian company releases guide on teaching basics of artificial intelligence
A Canadian science and technology company named Actua has released an AI Education Handbook that guides teachers on how to teach the basics of artificial intelligence to elementary and high school students. “AI is an emerging technology that will be… »
Health, International, Politics
Canada chartered passenger plane to repatriate Canadians from Wuhan
The federal government has chartered a civilian passenger plane to repatriate about 160 Canadians from the Chinese city of Wuhan, which has been at the epicentre of a novel coronavirus outbreak that has already infected nearly 6,000 people and claimed… »
Quebec remembers tragic mosque shooting three years later
Mamadou Tanou Barry, Azzedine Soufiane, Abdelkrim Hassane, Ibrahima Barry, Aboubaker Thabti and Khaled Belkacemi. Those were the names of the six men who were shot and killed three years ago today while they were worshiping at the Grande Mosquée de… »
Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
The issue of Huawei, national security and 5G
The U.K. has just announced it will permit a partial use of Huawei technology in development of its 5G network. Other countries have banned Huawei over security concerns. Canada is still debating its position on Huawei. Stephanie Carvin (PhD) is… »
Canada’s top music award nominees announced
The nominees for Canada’s premier music awards were announced yesterday. Called the “Junos” after Pierre Juneau who was the first president of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) which is the national broadcast regulator. (Juno nominees full list) This… »
Environment & Animal Life, International
Endangered North Atlantic Right whales: some better news, but not great news
With only about 400 of the North Atlantic right whales left, and 100 breeding females, every death and every birth is critical news. The year 2017 was a disaster for the threatened species with 17 deaths, apparently mostly from fishing… »
Environment & Animal Life, International
Environmental groups sound alarm on new shipping ‘Frankenstein’ fuel
A coalition of environmental groups is demanding answers from the oil refining and shipping industries after it emerged that new blends of marine fuels designed to reduce acid rain-causing sulphur emissions have instead increased emissions of “super pollutant” black carbon,… »
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