The Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau backed up some of its foreign policy ambitions with some hard hash when Finance Minister Bill Morneau presented his first budget last week. Michael Bell, a four-time Canadian ambassador in the Middle… »
Highlights / Column
With our columns, learn more about topics as diverse as Canada’s place in the world, the Arctic, health, art, culture and the environment.
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Scientists question Swedish ban on lobster imports
Sweden is concerned that North American lobsters may be invading European waters and it wants the European Union to stop the import of live lobsters. Canada exported millions of dollars of the live crustaceans to Europe in 2015. The European market… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
Ted Barris- non fiction- The Great Escape- A Canadian Story
It was the culmination of years of intensely secretive planning. It was an astounding achievement of hard work and incredible ingenuity. It was a tale of courage and daring, but also with the knowledge that for the most part it… »
Arts & Entertainment, International
Documentary film: A Jihadi in the Family
Imagine the shock to learn your son or daughter, who grew up watching cartoons, playing with friends, enjoying sports and music, suddenly, very suddenly, disappeared. Then later you discover they have joined ISIS and are fighting as extremist jihadis in… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
A call for water funding and a dedicated minister
March 22 is World Water Day. It is also budget day in Canada and the Council of Canadians is calling on the government to budget $7.4 billion to expand the protection of water. The citizens’ group wants the new prime… »
Uncategorized
Ken Dalgarno-artist inspired by nature in Saskatchewan
There is certainly no lack of fantastic subjects in Canada for artists. Mostly however nature artists have focussed on Ontario’s often wild northern forests and lakes, and on the magnificence of our Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and the Rocky mountains.… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics
Activists applaud promise to cut methane emissions
Canada and the U.S. joint promise to cut methane emissions by 40-45 per cent by 2025 is winning praise from environmentalists for the effect it will have in fighting climate change. The leaders made the announcement on March 10, 2016… »
Arts & Entertainment, Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Frances Backhouse: Non-Fiction: “Once they were hats- in search of the mighty beaver”
Mighty, could seem like an odd word to describe the beaver, an odd, mostly nocturnal distant member of the rodent family. However, words like fascinating, amazing, intriguing, would surely fit. Beavers earn their keystone species credentials by creating vital habitat… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Clean energy investment up except in Canada
With the price of oil down it was expected that investment in clean energy projects would decline, but instead it soared around the world except in Canada, according to a new report. The climate and energy think tank called Clean… »
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Eye on the Arctic
Global warming has put the once remote and inaccessible Arctic at the centre of world attention. Melting sea ice is rapidly opening up Arctic waters for a new era of navigation and exploitation. It’s also creating a realm of new… »
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