The International Canoe Federation has cleared Canadian sprint canoeist Laurence Vincent Lapointe for a return to competition. “After taking into consideration scientific expert evidence provided by Ms Vincent Lapointe’s legal team, and also the miniscule traces of ligandrol found in… »
Highlights / Year: 2020
Canada’s Foreign Minister hopeful for seat on UN Security Council
Canada’s foreign affairs minister François Philippe Champagne is “cautiously optimistic” about the country’s bid to get a seat on the United Nations security council. “I think people recognize that Canada can play a positive role in the world, one which… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International
A new study shows pressures of recreational ocean fishing
While several studies in recent years have highlighted dangerous levels of fishing on many ocean species, they do not include the effects of recreational fishing. A new study by an international team of scientists estimates some 900,000 tonnes of fish… »
2020 World democracy Index: worrisome decline
The respected U.K-base Economist through its sister ‘intelligence unit’, has released its 2020 democracy index. It rates the level of democracy in some 167 countries based on five categories”: electoral process and pluralism, the functioning of government, political participation, democratic… »
Coronavirus, now possibly two cases in Canada
As concern and preventative measures increase around the world, a second possible case of the Wuhan virus has been reported in Canada. According to Ontario’s chief medical officer, the second presumptive case is the wife of the man who is… »
Health, International, Politics, Society
Remembering the horrors of Auschwitz-75th anniversary of liberation
Seventy-five years ago, on this day, January 27, 1945, that one of the greatest tragedies in history came to an end. Soviet troops entered the extermination camps known as Auschwitz-Birkenau to find 7,000 starving prisoners still alive. Auschwitz was the… »
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Diplomatic Dispatch – Episode 9: The youth perspective
Climate action has to become the cornerstone of not only Canada’s domestic policy but also of Ottawa’s foreign policy, says Dominique Souris, co-founder and executive director of Youth Climate Lab. “As far as I’m concerned, foreign policy is climate policy,”… »
Another day, another Tory leadership candidate drops out
That road opening up for Peter MacKay in the Conservative Party leadership race is starting to resemble a super highway. Three times this week, a prominent candidate believed–at least by assorted pundits–to be capable of giving MacKay a run for… »
Canadian opinions on social issues, religion, media trust
Where do Canadians stand on a variety of social issues? A newly released national poll by the non-profit Angus Reid institute gives the current snapshot on several issues. On assisted dying, the federal government public consultation is about to wrap… »
NDP set to table private member’s pharmacare bill next week
Parliament resumes next week and Canadians will likely get a better reading on how far away the country is from a universal pharmacare plan. During last fall’s federal election, both the Liberals and the New Democrats promised to introduce universal… »
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