A ceasefire is not enough and unless there is a complete lifting of the blockade of Gaza, the cycle of violence will begin again, says Arwa Mhanna, an Oxfam communications officer in Gaza, speaking from Montreal. At the last ceasefire… »
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Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Society
Exciting discovery in Canadian Arctic.
For archaeologists and anthropologists, it’s an extremely exciting and rare find. They have begun work on a rare site of driftwood houses used by the Inuvialuit people of the high Arctic hundreds of years ago. In fact, the one being… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Important advance in treatment of Cystic Fibrosis
A University of Saskatchewan team has made an important discovery in the understanding and eventual treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. Their research was published in the recognized scientific journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Professor Juan Ianowski (PhD) led… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Information Overload: Is a cure available?
Here’s something that will come as no surprise to any sentient human being. Your brain has not caught up with the demands of the modern world. “Information Overload.” Has there ever been a more apt phrase to describe how we’re… »
Expect more spats between packed plane passengers
A heated argument over seat space in an airplane led to a spat between passengers on Sunday, and the unscheduled landing of the plane before it had reached its destination. One airline industry observer says he has seen increasing confrontations… »
Arts & Entertainment, Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
One hundred years since the origin of a childhood legend
One of the great childhood story characters of all time, Winnie the Pooh, began with a Canadian bear, and a Canadian soldier. Now, on the 100th anniversary of the original event, an exhibition of memorabilia is being mounted at Toronto’s… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Researchers score breakthrough in rare disease
Canadian doctors and researchers have made an historic breakthrough in fighting a a pernicious auto-immune disease that turns people in living statues. The disease, known as”Stiff Person Syndrome,” is marked by muscle rigidity, spasms, frequent falls and a “tin soldier’s… »
Closing in on a militant in journalist’s murder
Britain’s ambassador to the U.S. says authorities are close to identifying the English-accented militant in a video of the murder of U.S. journalist James Foley. British newspapers reported that investigators are looking at several British jihadi including Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary,… »
Ice bucket challenge for ALS goes viral
People in Canada and around the world are raising money and awareness about a paralysing and fatal disease thanks to the irresistible urge to dump ice water on each other’s heads. Celebrities, politicians and ordinary people are using social media… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics, Society
Canada’s foreign affairs minister talks Arctic, Ukraine with Norway
Arctic issues and Russia’s actions in Ukraine took centre stage as Canada’s foreign affairs minister John Baird wrapped up a visit to Norway on Friday. “Norway is a strong international partner and NATO ally for Canada,” said Baird in a… »
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