Shortwave radio enthusiasts at home and abroad were big fans of Radio Canada International, and played an important role in fighting cuts and the closing of some of the services. On RCI’s 70th anniversary they had fond memories of their… »
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Love for RCI can start in the strangest places
John Vercellino’s romance with Radio Canada International began with a chance meeting in his parents’ Chicago garage back in the summer of 1965 when he was 11 years old. Something clicked. A summer fling blossomed into a life-long affair. Vercellino,… »
Arts & Entertainment, Politics, Society
The annual awards for government waste
They’re called the “Teddy’s, named after a former bureaucrat (terminated in 1998) who had exhibited particular exuberance in spending taxpayer money not in accordance with his position especially when it came to meals, in once case charging $700 for a… »
Computer scams get nastier
There has been an increase in con artists calling up individuals and offering to fix their ‘infected’ computers, and they appear to be using increasingly aggressive tactics to try to extract money. Microsoft says that every year, more than 2.8… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Potential Canadian breakthrough in “lazy eye” treatment
It’s a potential new cure for amblyopia, or lazy eye which affects about three percent of the population. Canadian university researchers and tech companies have developed an entirely new technique and technology to treat the condition using video games. Robert… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, Society
Legal fees over wind farms could waste families
Wind energy companies are demanding that four families in the province of Ontario pay $340,000 in legal fees for a court case the families lost in December. Families say case was in the public interest In civic cases in Canada, the… »
Economy, International, Politics
Free trade has restructured corporate sector, slowed growth, raised inequality, says economist
Free trade agreements have little to do with freedom, says economist Jordan Brennan. “It’s led to the radical restructurinng in the corporate sector, which has slowed growth…and exacerbated inequality.” Brennan’s conclusions in his study “Ascent of Giants: NAFTA, Corporate Power… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Potentially toxic blue-green algae increasing everywhere
Zofia Taranu PhD-lead author of the international study looking into the growth in incidence of “blue-green algae” © supplied It’s become an annual news story in Canada in the past few years. Every summer there are more and more reports of… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Sharp decline in seabird population in British Columbia
Decline in marine prey fish blamed. They seem fairly ubiquitous, but researchers have found Glacous-wing gull populations in dropping sharply on the west coast of Canada. In fact, the gull population is down by about 50% since the 1980’s. The… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
U.S. net neutrality affects users worldwide
A U.S. decision last week affirmed net neutrality and that has implications for citizens there but also for the millions of others who use internet services that originate in the country. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted a change… »
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