It is both disconcerting and heartbreaking to watch a superb athlete fall from grace. Witness 21-year-old Eugenie Bouchard. Canadian Fed Cup coach Sylvain Bruneau confers with Eugenie Bouchard Sunday in Montreal. Bouchard played as if she was in a world… »
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Environment & Animal Life, International
Earth Day 2015
Today is “Earth Day”- a time to reflect on the state of the world’s environment. The theme this year is “It’s our turn to lead”. Millions of people around the world will take part is some sort of “green” activity… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Canadian discovery: maple syrup as powerful antibiotic delivery platform
It is one of the world’s great natural sweeteners, totally organic, renewable and sustainable, and Canadian Canada, and especially the province of Quebec, provides the vast majority of the world’s maple syrup, but now new Canadian research seems to indicate… »
Deaths of Rangers in northern Canada raise concern
Canada’s Department of Defence says only one of 49 deaths of Rangers since January 2011 is related to their duty of patrolling the Arctic. The rest it attributes to “health and hazard issues common in the larger population of the… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Ovarian cancer patients should get DNA test: study
Women who have ovarian cancer should get genetic testing for the benefit of family members, suggests a new study from the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and two other hospitals in Montreal. ‘One of the most lethal cancers’ “Ovarian cancer… »
The biggest hospital move in Canada
It’s called the new “superhospital” in Montreal. The McGill University Health Centre, MUHC, combines the previous university research centre and Royal Victoria Hospital, previously merged, but physically separated, into a single huge new complex. Panoramic view of the new MUHC… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Cirque du Soleil soon to be under new management
Cirque du Soleil‘s Guy Laliberté informed staff on Thursday they would be the first to know when the company is sold. The legendary Montreal-based entertainment enterprise is reportedly in talks with American equity firm TPG and China’s FOSUN. Professor Patrick Leroux… »
Sabine Venturelli: The Highs and Lows of Practising Refugee Law
Sabine Venturelli was born in France, the daughter of an Italian immigrant. She remembers feeling ostracized because of her father’s immigrant status. When Sabine immigrated to Montreal, she originally wanted to practice international law. Then she met a refugee from… »
What happens after the diamond mines close?
When you look at aerial photographs of the Ekati and Diavik diamond mines in the Northwest Territories, the first thing you notice are these enormous circular craters. They look as if they were bored into the tundra by a giant… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
World Uranium Symposium ends in Quebec City: Film Fest begins
The World Uranium Symposium brought together over 200 experts and delegates from around the world, including indegenous people from Mongolia, India, South Africa and representatives from the Navajo and the Cree from North America, to talk over the biggest threat… »
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