Caribou across the country are declining due to a number of reasons, not the least of which is industrial activity in their habitat. This is especially so in for woodland caribou in central Alberta where oil sands projects are booming… »
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Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
How a study of Mars weather can help forecasting on Earth
There is weather, there is climate, and now there is macroweather. All three are being studied on Mars. The idea is to help understand weather dynamics on Earth. Shaun Lovejoy PhD is a professor of Physics at McGill University in… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Politics, Society
U.K. groups protest Canadian oilsands lobbying
Demonstrators from five U.K. groups demonstrated against “the Canadian government aggressively promoting tar sands oil in Europe” in London, England today. They unfurled a banner depicting “the devastation” caused by oilsands development at an annual meeting of the Canada Europe… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
Canada: Government’s corporate responsibility strategy for extractive sector fails to include enforcement
A new Canadian government strategy for dealing with corporate social responsibility (CSR) for Canada’s extractive industries abroad, has some positive aspects, but fails to have any means of enforcing the strategy or any kind of remedy for abuses, according to… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Learning how the earth’s crust is formed under the sea
One theory held that the earth’s crust under the sea was and is formed at mid-ocean ridges from a single magma layer spread around the middle of the earth’s crust That’s now changed to the understanding that there are more… »
Racism on Twitter reveals attitudes: researcher
While Twitter enables people to say racist things they would not say in person, it also enables people to criticize racism more than they might off line, says a researcher in the western city of Edmonton. Irfan Chaudhry is a… »
Economy, Health, Politics, Society
Report documents ‘hidden epidemic’ of child poverty in Toronto
Canada’s most populous city of Toronto has the highest child and family poverty rates among Canada’s large cities with almost one in three living in povery, according to a new study released Friday (November 14). Written by a working group… »
Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Eye on the Arctic – Week in Review 11/14/14
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: – In The British Invasion – The… »
Immigration & Refugees, Society
Canadians conflicted about ethnic minorities
Three-quarters of Canadians think Canada “is a welcoming place for all ethnicities,” according to an online public opinion poll conducted for the public broadcaster, CBC. However, responses were less positive when it got down to specifics, especially with regards to… »
Study: Canadian government budget cuts are permanent, dramatic and hit services to citizens
Canadian government attempts to balance the federal budget with cuts have reduced services to veterans, lowered the number of employees dealing with food inspection, and generally cut direct services to citizens, according to a new study by the Canadian Centre… »
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