A debate is simmering in the medical profession over the issue of obesity and in-vitre insemination. Is it discrimination to deny an obese woman fertility treatment, or is it a medical decision due to concerns of health risks? Dr Carl… »
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International, Politics, Society
World governments ‘two-faced’ on torture: Amnesty
Amnesty International has accused world governments of prohibiting torture in law, but facilitating it in practice. In 1984 the United Nations adopted the Convention Against Torture but the rights group says the practice is nonetheless “flourishing” around the world. Poster… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Canadian universities react to government science cuts
The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) is holding a series of town hall meetings across Canada. The gatherings are held under the banner “Get Science Right”. James Turk is the executive director of the CAUT The Association represents… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Canadians vie for international title of “Extreme Huntress”
They are tough, they thrill to rigours of the hunt and the outdoors anywhere from extreme cold to extreme heat. And they are women. A US reality show has an international competition to find the “Extreme Huntress” and Jeanette Hall of… »
Economy, International, Politics, Society
Call for action on Canada’s ‘dismal’ trade record
Canada has signed many free trade deals with other nations, but will not benefit from them unless the government bolsters trade promotion services and diplomatic support for companies abroad, says the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Canada’s trade surplus dropped to… »
Health, International, Politics, Society
Polio, a public health emergency: WHO
The world has come close several times to eradicating the crippling disease that is polio, but a resurgence of the virus in several countries has prompted the World Health Organization(WHO) to declare an international public health emergency. ‘Tantalizingly close’ to… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, Indigenous, Society
National Nursing Week – Working in the Arctic
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North National Nursing Week kicks off in Canada on Monday, May 12 and runs until May 18. In honour of the hundreds of nurses working in Canada’s remote northern… »
Economy, Health, International, Politics, Society
Canadian Leilani Farha appointed UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing
Canada’s Leilani Farha has been chosen by the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) to be the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing. Farha is the Executive Director of the not-for-profit group Canada Without Poverty (CWP). In the deliberations towards… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Huge ancient meteor strike found in Alberta
Experts from the Alberta Geological Survey, and University of Alberta have found the site of what is undoubtedly a huge meteor strike. The crater, at least 50 million years old, has long since been worn away and filled in, but… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Climate Change is upon Canada too: editor
A U.S. report that says climate change is already hitting the United States applies to Canada too, says Kathryn Harrison, a political science professor at the University of British Columbia and co-editor of “Global Commons, Domestic Decisions: Comparative Politics of… »
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