Eaton’s:The Trans-Canada Store, is a book that will bring back warm memories to many Canadians. Eaton’s, the department store many of us grew up with, came to a sad decline and almost sudden finish at the end of the 20th… »
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Media concentration in Canada: new study provides facts
There have long been concerns about “media concentration”, or the fact that a small number of companies control large media empires. Until now there has been little actual study and analysis of the situation in Canada. Dwayne Winseck is Professor… »
Canadians need to know impact of workplace on breast cancer rates, says researcher
Canadians need to know more about the impact of the workplace in causing breast cancer, according to Canadian occupational health researcher Jim Brophy. And Brophy, who is an adjunct professor at the University of Windsor. says Canada has among the… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Ancient microbial poop, and the evolution of Earth
When it comes to living organisms, bit or small, when something goes in one end, something else eventually comes out the other end. In other words, if you eat, you poop. Researchers in Canada and Israel have been studying the… »
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David Kelavey, Montreal artist appreciates the winter light
David Kelavey had travelled far and wide from his Manchester, England home before settling in Montreal, Quebec. It was in this new home that his talent for drawing evolved into an effort at painting. In 15 years of dedicated work… »
Thoughts of summer as tennis season arrives
Hey! It’s January. Tennis, anyone? Don’t look now, but the endless summer of the professional tennis tours is upon us again. Players are gathering Down Under to begin their relentless 11-month-long series of tournaments that takes to the four corners… »
A chat with record-breaking adventurer Frédéric Dion, from the bottom of the world
Quebec adventurer Frédéric Dion became the first person ever to reach the center of Antarctica on his own, on December 14. And he did it in record time: taking 36 days to travel from Russia’s Novolazarevskaya research station. But for… »
Olympic performances provided 2014 highlights
A look back at 2014 in Canadian sports needs go no further than Sochi, Russia. The Winter Olympics were terrific. The rest of the year, not so much. To wit: a Canadian team did not win the Stanley Cup for… »
Renowned abstract painter Jacques Hurtubise, dead at 75
It was revealed Tuesday that Montreal-born painter Jacques Hurtubise passed away suddenly over the weekend at his home on Cape-Breton Island, in Nova Scotia. The prolific Quebec artist carved out a place for himself on the Canadian art scene with… »
Homelessness still plagues Canadian society
Let’s face it. The holiday season is exhausting. Presents to buy, parties to attend, family to deal with, plans to make. How about a bit of perspective. On any given night across Canada, there are at least 35,000 persons who… »
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