The Canadian federal government is going to extend the closure of the Canada-U.S. land border for another 30 days, until at least Oct. 21, according to a report from CBC News. A source also told CBC News that Canadians should… »
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Environment & Animal Life, Politics
Caribou in Jasper National park facing local extinction
Canada’s magnificent Jasper and Banff national parks have been home to vast numbers of wildlife since they were created over 100 years ago. They have been home to a subspecies of caribou, southern mountain woodland caribou, which have ranged through… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Task force calls for billions in ‘green spending’ to juice post-COVID recovery
An independent task force is calling on the federal government to invest $55 billion over five years on clean energy projects and measures to cope with climate-change as the country struggles to work its way out of the havoc brought… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Society
Food unlikely to transmit COVID-19, says Canada’s food inspection agency
A notice this week from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says there is no evidence that food or food packaging can transmit SARS-CoV2 . It says that there have been no reported cases of food or packaging being associated… »
Ontario’s controversial cormorant cull has begun
Earlier this summer the government of Ontario said if had received many complaints about the growing number of double-crested cormorants. Claiming their acidic droppings kill trees and vegetation and destroy habitat for other waterfowl, the province announced a harvest of… »
Ron Sparrow, winner of a landmark case on Indigenous rights, dies in B.C.
Ronald (Bud) Sparrow, an historic figure in the battle to win rights for Indigenous people in Canada, has died in British Columbia. In a written statement, the Musqueam Nation said Sparrow passed away on Monday. The statement described Sparrow as… »
Public health investigation into Canadian salmonella outbreak continues
In the ongoing investigation of a salmonella outbreak in Canada linked to red onions from the United States, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has reported an additional 49 illnesses since Aug. 31, according to a press release. As… »
Economy, Health, International
COVID carrying flights continue into Canada
Canada’s borders may in theory be closed to non-essential travel, but flights continue to arrive in Canada carrying passengers testing positive for SARS-CoV2. Reports from various news sources say several flights into Canada’s major international airports since the beginning of… »
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole said he will respect Quebec’s secularism law
Conservative leader Erin O’Toole says he is going to respect the legislatures of all the provinces, including the laws in Québec protecting secularism and the French language, after meeting with Québec Premier Fraçois Legault on Monday. I had a frank,… »
Environment & Animal Life, International
U.N report: grim picture on global biodiversity and protection efforts
The 5th Global Biodiversity Outlook by the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) paints a somewhat grim picture of global efforts to halt the destruction of nature. In early 2002, the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity committed… »
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