Young people bring such great hope, especially when they are driven to make this insane world a better place. Take Yvonne Stanley. She’s a photographer in Toronto. I have no idea how old she is. It matters not a whit.… »
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Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Price of lumber leaves B.C. logging town ‘in crisis’
I’ve never been there, but Mackenzie B.C. sure looks like a gorgeous place. Located within the province’s Northern Rocky Mountain Trench, the town is known as the “Gateway to Williston Lake” the largest man-made lake in Canada. But right now,… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Political parties’ information web is tangled (and very private)
There is growing concern from civil libertarians and privacy experts about the state of Canadians’ privacy as the country heads to a general election this fall. Federal political parties collect lots and lots and lots of personal information about Canadians,… »
Jason Gauthier: making a difference with a minimum of fuss
Remember when we were kids and sometimes responded to a slight–real or imagined–by vollying back, “It takes one to know one?” I confess it never occurred to me that the retort was anything more than a rhetorical attempt to even… »
Economy, International, Politics, Society
Groups fear U.S. demand will overwhelm Canadian medicine supply
Fifteen Canadian organizations representing patients, health professionals, hospitals, and pharmacists are urging Ottawa to take action to prevent what they say could be the “draining of Canada’s medicine supply.” which is already dealing with shortages. The letter to Health Minister… »
Environment & Animal Life, International
Great white sharks could be back in Atlantic Canadian waters
Hunted for many years, the great white shark could finally be back in Canadian waters, thanks in part to conservation efforts. These majestic animals are being closely monitored by international teams of scientists who are attempting to document their apparent… »
Economy, International, Society
As many chow down on Beyond Meat burgers, others express concern
As Canada heads to a fall election, count on a lot of politicians and pundits to remind the rest of us about the importance of so-called kitchen table issues–jobs, taxes, social security, health care, the economy–issues people supposedly discuss around… »
Arts & Entertainment, International
Reggae music brings together Indigenous and Arab culture
Tonight, Shauit and the Moroccan group Wachmn’Hit will give their last concert in a city near Montreal, in the French-speaking province of Quebec. Shauit is a Innu singer and songwriter from Maliotenam, a First Nations reserve north-east of Quebec. Wachmn’Hit is… »
Economy, Health, International, Politics, Society
An old playbook stymies many in Vancouver’s LGBT community
There’s something of a housing crisis in Vancouver. No, not just the one you read about constantly that centres on the ups and downs of the real estate market and the ability of first-time buyers to afford a home. For… »
Study reveals Vikings might have stayed in Canada longer than expected
The Vikings or Norses originally came from the Nordic countries but they did not stay there indefinitely. From the 8th to the 11th centuries, they began raiding and trading in parts of Europe, but also in some parts of the… »
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