The Canadian government’s most recent assessment of the impact of its free trade agreement with Colombia on human rights in the Latin American country once again fails to give the real consequences of the agreement, according to Amnesty International Canada,… »
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Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Canada’s glaciers, going, going….
Western Canada’s snow-capped mountains with their literally thousands of glaciers are always a spectacular sight. But that sight is changing, and rapidly. The glaciers in Canada and Alaska are melting at a phenomenal rate and an American state-of-the-union report on climate… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Uranium mining hearings begin in Quebec
Uranium mining hearings are underway in Quebec. The first of several pre-consultations is taking place in Montreal today and tomorrow. Gordon Edwards, the head of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility, will be in attendance. He would like to see… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Genetically-modified alfalfa opposed by farmers union
The issue of genetically-modified food crops continues to be contentious, in Canada, and elsewhere. Canada’s National Farmers Union (NFU), along with some environmental groups, has come out against genetically modified alfalfa. A type of herbicide-resistant GM Alfalfa has been approved… »
Economy, International, Politics, Society
Apology to British Columbia’s Chinese community rejected by the CCNC
The Chinese Canadian National Council has rejected the apology offered to the Chinese community for the historical wrongs visited upon their ancestors. Last Thursday, May 15th, the provincial government of British Columbia officially apologized to its Chinese community for historical… »
Michèle Audette: Inquiry into missing/murdered Indigenous women needed, despite police study
For years Michèle Audette has been convinced of the need of a national inquiry into the missing and murdered Indigenous women of Canada. And despite a new federal report by the Canadian federal police, the RCMP on Friday, she’s still convinced… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Politics, Society
Web doc sheds light on Inuit relocation in Arctic Canada
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North The relocation of Inuit from northern Quebec to Canada’s High Arctic in the 1950s is one of the darkest episodes in the history of Canada’s North. Sadly, few Canadians… »
Teens’ lack of sleep linked to depression
Teenagers who don’t get enough sleep have four times the normal risk of depression, according to a study from the University of Texas. Many young people in North America stay up late, often socializing over the internet and not getting… »
University partially reinstates fired professor
There was so much controversy surrounding the firing of an outspoken professor at the University of Saskatchewan that he was reinstated Thursday afternoon, although not to all of his functions. The dismissal violated principles of free speech and struck at… »
Immigration & Refugees, Society
Older immigrant kids more likely to leave school
Children who immigrate to Canada after the age of nine are less likely to complete high school and have future success in the work force, according to a report by a right-leaning think-tank, the CD Howe Institute. In Canada, those… »
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