Canada is promising to send more money and equipment to Africa to help limit the spread of Ebola, says the public broadcaster, CBC. Canada will contribute $30 million to established aid agencies working in west Africa. This is in addition… »
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Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Highlights, Indigenous, International, Society
Canada-EU closer agreement on seal products
It’s a long-standing dispute between Canada and the European Union over the issue of seal skin products. In 2009, the EU had placed a ban on importing seal-products, such as seal fur clothing, with the exception for indigenous peoples. This… »
Update: American online predator sentenced
A former licensed nurse and married father of two teen-aged girls is going to jail on convictions of assisting a suicide and attempting to assist a suicide. William Melchert-Dinkel, 52, was alleged to have gone online seeking distressed people, while… »
Arts & Entertainment, Politics, Society
Women’s media summit calls for action on ‘gender imbalance’
Fourteen leaders of women’s media organizations and unions, representing over 40,000 professional members of Canada’s film and television industry have called for changes in government policy to promote gender equity in employment and public funds for media production. A communique… »
Health, International, Society
Canadian nurses feel unprepared for Ebola: unions
Several unions representing Canadian nurses say they have not had enough training nor do they have enough protective equipment to ensure they are safe while treating Ebola patients. No one in Canada has so far tested positive for the deadly… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Ban on peanut butter substitute ‘short-sighted’
The decision to ban a product that looks like peanut butter, but is actually safe for those with deadly peanut allergies, has been called “very short sighted thinking” by a prominent allergist. In fact, Dr. Bruce Mazer of the McGill… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Highlights, Internet, Science & Technology
Canadian zero-emission public transit bus
A Canadian company has announced development of a new type of propulsion system for public transit busses. The Winnipeg, Manitoba-based company, New Flyer Industries, is one of North America’s leading manufacturers of heavy duty busses. The new concept involves batteries… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Politics
Taseko Mines wants to sue Canadian government over environmental decisions
The Canadian mining company Taseko Mines Limited is scheduled to present its application to the Federal Court of Canada next Wednesday (October 22) to change a review of two government environmental decisions into a civil suit suing both the Attorney… »
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Montreal’s Festival du nouveau cinéma focuses on experimentation
Back for its 43rd annual edition the Festival du nouveau cinéma continues its “spotlight on experimental cinema” for the duration of the festival from October 8 to 19 in Montreal. The festival’s co-founder and programming director says of this year’s festival… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Prize for McGill study of abuse and young brains
“How does childhood abuse rewire young brains—and put victims at increased risk for depression and suicide?” reads an ad trumpeting a prestigious prize for McGill University Professor Michael Meaney. Meaney has won Switzerland’s 2014 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize Laureate… »
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