Normally gannets are wonderful parents, carefully guarding and feeding their single chick. This year in highly uncharacteristic behaviour, about half the colony on the cliffs in southern Newfoundland suddenly abandoned their nests leaving many of the chicks to starve. Seabird… »
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Agencies battling Ebola welcome international help
“Cause for celebration” was how one aid agency characterized the news that the U.S., Canada and other countries will send help to West Africa to help combat the devastating Ebola outbreak. “I’ve been on the phone with our teams in… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
New Canadian research: Implant failure and anti-depressants
Anti-depressants have become widely used in our society, and very helpful in most cases. However, a new study may point to some concerns with patients getting dental implants and also taking common anti-depressants of the family of Selective Serotonin Reuptake… »
Scotland-England, like Quebec-Canada?
The vote in Scotland on whether to secede from the United Kingdom and become a separate, independent country, is coming down to the wire. It is particularly interesting in Canada where similar referendum votes were held in the mostly French-speaking… »
Internet, Science & Technology
Scientists pick a landing spot on hurtling comet
It will be a tricky manoeuvre and a first, but European Space Agency scientists will try to land a probe on a a 4-km long comet zooming through space at 55,000 km/h on November 11. After studying the potato-shaped comet they… »
Canada Revenue Agency should halt audit of think tank, say 400 academics
More than 400 Canadian academics have signed a letter calling for a moratorium on an audit by Canada’s Revenue Agency (CRA) of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) saying that accusations that the CCPA is politically partisan and biased… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
New Canadian research into brain function and spatial relationship
We can do it, and do it with complete ease. Robots can’t, at least not yet. That is, determine where for example a glass of water on the table in front of us is in exact relation to where we… »
International, Politics, Society
Leader may cancel China tour over couple’s arrest
Canada is threatening to cancel the prime minister’s three-day tour of China if it does not release a Canadian couple it says stole state secrets, reports the Globe and Mail. The two are being detained separately in a Chinese hotel… »
Canadian democracy is breaking, politician says
“I believe that Canadian democracy is breaking, if not broken,” says Brent Rathgeber, an independent member of Parliament (MP). “It’s such a sad situation that I think most Canadians probably don’t even realize.” Irresponsible Government: The Decline of Parliamentary Democracy… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Brain imaging reveals clues to suicide
Suicide is the second leading cause of death among Canadians between the ages of 15 and 34. Rates are higher in aboriginal communities. The World Health Organization estimates more than 800,000 people kill themselves every year and has named September… »
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