Tara Hills’ seven children are showing signs of whooping cough shortly after she reversed her position against routine childhood vaccinations. The Ottawa mother had become suspicious of immunization as have a number of Canadian parents, in part because of a… »
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Canadian headlines
Toxic oil spill in Vancouver’s English Bay
Canada’s Pacific coast port city of Vancouver is warning residents about a toxic bunker fuel spill in the city’s English Bay and telling people not to touch the oil.The fuel spill occurred Wednesday night (April 8). Clean-up efforts are underway… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Don’t trust CEOs to set CEO salaries: study
Corporate boards are often made up of directors who know each other and sit on each other’s’ boards and so, have an incentive to approve higher pay packages, according to a new study. They often form exclusive networks of corporate… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Highlights, Society
A sticky battle over sweet maple syrup in Quebec
Once again it seems like it’s a battle of a few “Davids” against a “Goliath”. In this case, a number of maple syrup producers against the provincial marketing board. Canada is the world’s leading producer of the delicious all-natural sweetener,… »
Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte remembered as defender of poor, Archbishop of Montreal
Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, a longtime Archbishop of Montreal who made his reputation as a defender of the poor, has died at age 78 after a long illness. The Archdiocese of Montreal confirmed Turcotte’s death in the palliative care unit at Marie-Clarac… »
Canadian government promises balanced budget law, again
In a speech to a business audience in Toronto Wednesday (April 8), and in preparation for the April 21 federal budget, Canada’s Finance Minister Joe Oliver outlined the Canadian government’s economic priorities, and then promised to table balanced budget legislation.… »
April 09, Battle for Vimy Ridge survey shows importance to Canadians.
It is often cited as Canada’s “coming of age”. On the eve of one of the most important battles in Canadian history, a new poll shows that most Canadians agree with that assessment. In the early hours of a cold… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, Politics, Society
A lack of moose fences risks lives, says group
A lobby group says a new plan to reduce conflicts between moose and people in eastern Canada will continue to risk lives because it does not include more fencing along highways. The eastern province of Newfoundland and Labrador has the… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Telecom bows to criticism from privacy watchdog
After harsh criticism from Canada’s privacy commissioner, the giant telecom company Bell says it will no longer put the onus on cellphone clients to opt out of their personal data collection program. Bell had a policy of tracking its customers’… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Climate change and polar bears: increasing hardship
Climate change which has reduced Arctic sea ice is causing some polar bears to change their diets. The polar bear diet consists mainly of fat, lipid rich, seals which they hunt on the winter ice. However as the ice is… »
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