Damage in the thousands of dollars It seems some woodpeckers in the western city of Calgary Alberta have developed a bad habit. A retirement community on the outskirts of the city is being targetted by woodpeckers who are drilling into… »
Damage in the thousands of dollars It seems some woodpeckers in the western city of Calgary Alberta have developed a bad habit. A retirement community on the outskirts of the city is being targetted by woodpeckers who are drilling into… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics
In years past, beef cattle, hogs and other livestock moved back and forth across the Canada-US border in a vastly important trade relationship. Several years ago, the US instituted a programme called Country Of Origin Labelling (COOL) insisting that American… »
George Beurling DSO, DFC, DFM & Bar was only 26 at the time of his death on May 20, 1948. Unlike most flying aces of either of the world wars, Beurling is largely forgotten today in spite of the fact… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
It’s called the Polar Code and it’s been six years in the makin but a committee of the UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) completed work on environmental concerns just last week at a meeting in London, England. The Polar Code… »
Economy, Immigration & Refugees, International, Society
Montreal has seen buyers from China, Syria, Mexico, Russia and the U.S –Sotheby’s Int’l Realty Canada With prices going ever higher for housing in Canada, at least on federal politician is calling for investigation of foreign speculation on housing. While… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
The world’s first national parks administration Canada’s national parks are sites of incredible natural beauty, with some also declared World Heritage sites, and it started on this day in 1911 with the creation of the Dominion Parks Branch of the… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Some people suffer through spring and all its pollen with clogged noses, and runny and itchy eyes. Others can’t be near cats, others can have potentially deadly reactions to peanuts or seafood. It seems between 20-30 percent of the Canadian… »
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He’s an Alberta prairie boy through and through. A farm boy in his youth, Jack Francis soon joined the University of Alberta’s Edmonton Research Station where he began to care for the various animals and help in research. This involved… »
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Today’s edition is presented by Lynn Desjardins, and Marc Montgomery, with contribution by Carmel Kilkenny Prices you pay for online shopping may depend on what companies can find out about you © Associated Press More people seem to be purchasing things… »
May 15, 1919 was a Thursday. At 11;00 AM the western city of Winnipeg was paralysed as between 20 and 30-thousand worked walked out in a general strike. It had been brewing for months. When Canadian soldiers began returning home… »