Up to five million deaths per year could be averted if people around the world were more active, says the World Health Organization (WHO). Regular physical activity is said to be key to preventing and helping manage heart disease, diabetes… »
Highlights / Year: 2020
Environment & Animal Life, International
Threats to whales: Slow speeds or small ships still deadly-study
The latest figures estimate there are likely fewer than 366 northern Right whales left. In the past few years they and others have been killed after being entangled in fishing gear, and by ‘ship strikes’. It has often been presumed… »
Canada names special envoy for Holocaust remembrance
Canada’s former Justice Minister and Attorney General Irwin Cotler has been named Canada’s Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism. In making the announcement, the prime minister remembered the Nazi concentration and extermination camps of World War II… »
Small business cries foul over new lockdown in Ontario
With substantial increases in people testing positive for COVID 19, Canada’s most populous province renewed some lockdown rules on businesses in Toronto and neignbouring Peel region. This means in-person shopping will be prohibited except for essential stores like supermarkets, hardware,… »
Abuse of women increasing during pandemic: report
Information collected from women’s shelters across Canada suggests pandemic lockdowns have prevented women from leaving their abusers and that there has been an increase in the severity of violence they have experienced. ‘An abuser’s dream’ “Isolation is an abuser’s dream,”… »
Canada not first in line for vaccines
For some time now, Canada’s top health officials and the Prime Minister have been assuring Canadians that hundreds of millions of doses of the potential new COVID-19 vaccines have been secured. On Tuesday however, the story changed just a little.… »
What famous Canadian should appear on $5 bill?
An independent advisory council to the Canadian government has released a short list of people to replace the face on the Canadian five-dollar bill. It now is graced with the image of the country’s seventh prime minister, Sir Wilfrid Laurier.… »
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Far-right activists burn flares during a rally in Madrid, Spain
Far-right activists burn flares during a rally marking the anniversary of the death of Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Spanish fascist party, the Falange, in Madrid, Spain, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) »
The Nagorno-Karabakh Knot – Episode 2: The fog of war
Canadian journalist and Caucasus expert Neil Hauer arrived in Armenia to cover the war in Nagorno-Karabakh on Oct. 1, 2020, four days after Azerbaijan launched a full-scale offensive to regain control of the Armenian-populated breakaway region and seven surrounding districts… »
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A bald eagle flies with a fish it pulled from the Susquehanna River
A bald eagle flies with a fish it pulled from the Susquehanna River near the Conowingo Dam, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, in Havre De Grace, Md. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) »
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