Your hosts, Levon, Terry, and Marc (video of show at bottom) According to Stephen Cornish who leads one of Canada’s most recognized environmental and conservation NGO’s, the root cause of many of the world’s conflicts and migrations can be traced… »
Highlights / Year: 2020
Biosecurity an increasing concern in Arctic, Antarctic regions, experts warn
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from around the North. As the climate warms, biosecurity issues will become an increasing concern for the polar regions says Kevin Hughes, a researcher at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and lead… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
The Doomsday Clock is now just 100 seconds from midnight
Just in case you were too busy running around trying to keep up with life and you missed the announcement, the so-called Doomsday Clock, the symbolic countdown to global disaster since 1947, was moved on Thursday to the closest it’s… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
It’s Friday. Let’s do something really really stupid.
Remember when did something dumb your friend told you to do and your mom would say, “and if your friend said jump off a bridge would you do that? It seems for a surprisingly large number of people, social media… »
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Diplomatic Dispatch – Episode 8: A revolution in foreign policy thinking
Canada needs a “revolution” in its foreign policy thinking to deal with the tectonic geopolitical changes going on in the world, says Leonard Edwards, a former Canadian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. “The issue is how do we manage within… »
Ambrose makes it official: she’s not running for Tory leadership
Things, it would appear, are opening up for Peter MacKay in his bid to succeed Andrew Scheer as the leader of Canada’s official opposition Conservative Party. The winner won’t be announced until June 27 at a party convention in Toronto,… »
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CBC reports U.S. border officers allegedly targeted Iranian-Canadians
A CBC News report from Sophia Harris says U.S. border officers working at many U.S.-Canada border crossings in early January were instructed to target and interrogate Iranian-born travellers, according to a email obtained by CBC News. It was the first… »
Arts & Entertainment, Immigration & Refugees, International, Society
Black History Month: Canada Post celebrates with another stamp
Hockey is Canada’s national winter sport, but historical racism was strong as it was in many other aspects of society, and the teams were white as the snow. It is little known that in the eastern Maritime provinces, black churches,… »
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Canada’s central bank rate- steady as she goes
In the latest update, the Bank of Canada has held its overnight lending rate unchanged at 1.75 per cent. In doing so it said while the global economy shows signs of stabilisation along with some positive trade developments, “there remains… »
Economy, International, Politics, Society
Some millionaires ask World Economic Forum to tax them more
While many average earners complain of taxes, a group of the world’s wealthiest is saying they should be taxed more. The disparity in earnings between the wealthiest and the middle and lower classes is such that some of those uber-rich… »
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