The National Chief of Canada’s Indigenous organisation the Assembly of First Nations, Perry Bellegarde, is requesting a meeting with Bob Paulson, the head of Canada’s national police force, the RCMP, to discuss still undisclosed information held by the police on murdered… »
Highlights / Canadian headlines
Canadian headlines
Alternative-rock duo Town Heroes big winner at East Coast Music Awards
The alternative-rock duo The Town Heroes from the Canadian Atlantic coast province of Nova Scotia picked up three East Coast Music Awards (ECMA), and might have won more, points out CBC News, if they had been nominated for anything else.… »
Sailors sickened by toxins in fish
Fourteen crew members from a potash ship are in serious condition in a hospital in eastern Canada after eating toxic fish. The ship’s captain, cook and most of the crew have ciguatera, an illness caused by eating fish that contain… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Highlights, International
Concern over Alberta’s grizzly bears
Much has been said about the loss of habitat for caribou in this country and how fragmentation of habitat has caused population declines. Conservationists are once again making the same call, but now also for western Canada’s grizzly bear population.… »
History April 13, The RCMP “always get their man”
The phrase has long been associated with Canada’s federal police force, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) which came into existence in 1920. The idea is that criminals can’t escape from the “Mounties” who, once sent to track down a… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
Federal minister wants climate plan from provinces
Canada’s environment minister has sent a letter to provincial leaders saying most of them are falling short of their targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to curb climate change. Dale Marshall of Environmental Defence said the letter is an attempt… »
Executive ousted after interfering with news
Media conglomerate Bell Media announced that president Kevin Crull is leaving the company and linked the departure to the importance of the independence of its news operations. Last month, the government regulator, the CRTC made a decision affecting Bell cable… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Elite Arctic yacht race planned
“…because of climate change, we can”. Not for the faint of heart, and definitely not for the light of wallet, an elite and extreme yacht race is being planned for 2017. Tracing the path of the proposed extreme sailing race… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
History: April 10, anniversary of Jack Miner- pioneering conservationist
John Thomas Miner was born on April 10, 1865 in the US. As a young man he moved to Essex County in Ontario Over time- Jack Miner as he was called, became known as the father of of North American… »
Environment & Animal Life, Highlights, Society
Dog owners chastised by judge after it attacked them
In the west coast province of British Columbia, a judge has blamed a couple in the town of Kelowna for the attack by their own pit bull that left one of them with severe injuries. In what is deemed as… »
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