It seems some people actually don’t mind the commute to work behind the wheel. Most people however do not enjoy it and a new study has found a direct connection between commuting and satisfaction with life. Indeed, the longer the… »
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Eye on the Arctic – Week in Review 12/05/14
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: –Greenlanders and Alaskans went to the polls… »
Lawyers describe famous criminal cases in book
Some of Canada’s most riveting criminal cases are described by the lawyers who defended or prosecuted them in a book called Tough Crimes: True Cases by Top Canadian Criminal Lawyers. In Tough Crimes, lawyers describe the difficulties they faced… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Grassy Narrows 12 year forestry blockade to be challenged in 2015
Grassy Narrows, the First Nation community in north-western Ontario, is getting ready for a challenges in 2015. The Women of Grassy Narrows issued a statement yesterday honouring the 12th anniversary of the longest-running blockade in Canada. The community established the blockace… »
Politicians: least trusted profession
A national survey taken last month discovered that most Canadians just don’t trust their politicians….and don’t trust them… a lot! At least one ethicist is calling it an “ethical crisis” in Canadian politics. Chris MacDonald is an associate professor at… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Sable Island horses should be removed: biologist
A recent report suggested horses on a small island off Canada’s Atlantic shore risk extinction, and at least one biologist says it would be better for the ecosystem if they were gone. Sable Island is home to some unique plant… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
More jobs in clean energy than oilsands, report
Renewable energy has undergone big growth in Canada over the last five years and, with some support from the federal government, this country could be “a real leader” in the field, according to a report by Clean Energy Canada, a… »
Court blocks attempt by homeless to improve federal and provincial policies on homelessness
A provincial court of appeal in Canada has dismissed an appeal by a group of homeless people to use Canadian human rights laws against the federal government and Canada’s most populous province of Ontario. In a decision released Monday (December… »
Hefty sentence for staged collisions
A judge in the province of Ontario has ordered a man to pay $1.3 million in restitution and spend two years less a day in jail. Vishnukanthan Sabapathy of Markham, Ontario was charged in connection with what is known as… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Canadian-based “Enviro-net” real time ecosystem research around the world
A Canadian university is at the heart of an international monitoring system designed to provide immediate data on differing local ecosystems around the world in response to human activity and climate change. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa is a professor in the Department… »
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