A crowd-funding campaign has so far raised over $173,000 for the family of a Toronto three-year old who wandered away from his grandmother’s apartment and was found frozen on February 19th. The mother of Elijah Marsh thanked everyone who had… »
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Environment & Animal Life, Health, Society
Baseball as a cure for the winter blues
T.S. Eliot be damned. April is most decidedly NOT the cruellest month. For Canadians, that distinction belongs–now and forever–to February, a month that apparently lasts forever. Meanwhile, back in Canada, shovels–not shorts–are the norm. © CP Photo/Andrew Vaughan It must have… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics, Society
Alaska policy, oil exports and moose threats – Arctic week in Review
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this week: – Alaska passes legislation outlining the state’s Arctic… »
International, Politics, Society
Regulate Uber, other shared services, say analysts
Peer-to-peer services like Uber for transportation, Airbnb for accommodation and TaskRabbit for personal services are disrupting existing marketplaces in a big way, say policy analysts, and governments should act quickly to regulate them. More choice for consumers “On the positive… »
Stratford’s Shakespearean play opens in cinemas
Canadians will not have to travel to the small town of Stratford, Ontario to see a brilliant production of William Shakespeare’s King Lear, but today will be able to see it in one of several cinemas across the country. Canada’s… »
New epigenome map will help disease research for years to come.
A massive mapping project to understand human epigenomes has been created. These are the “directors” that provide instructions to genes on how and when to function in protein and cell creation. Steven Jones PhD explains the significance of the development.… »
Doctor assisted suicide: physicians now work to clarify their role
The recent Supreme Court of Canada decision to permit doctor-assisted suicides, is a landmark culmination of decades of legal wrangling over the issue. Dr Chris Simpson is President of the Canadian Medical Association, and head of Cardiology at Queen’s University,… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Homeopathic ‘vaccines’ do not work, say scientists
Scientists and doctors say homeopathic preparations sold as alternatives to vaccines are a dangerous distraction and should be taken off the market. Immunization has become a hot topic in Canada since several measles cases have cropped up, mostly among people… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Appeal to stop exemption of fish farms from certain pesticide controls
Dozens of people representing business leaders, commercial and recreational fishing associations, scientists, lawyers and environmentalists are calling on Prime Minister Harper to halt the implementation of the proposed Aquaculture Activities Regulations. The concern is pesticide chemical use by so-called fish… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
Caring about the climate is not a crime in Canada, yet, writes researcher
After reading a federal RCMP police assessment of the “anti-petroleum” movement as a growing threat to Canada’s security, Greenpeace climate policy researcher Keith Stewart at first laughed. But as he read the 40-page document, he became concerned. His concern was… »
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