Montreal real estate is now booming, in the wake of regulations that have slowed the formerly sizzling real estate markets in Toronto and Vancouver. According to the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), monthly home sales were down 22,7 per cent… »
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Could cannabis help dog ailments?
With marijuana available to Canadians to relieve certain medical conditions, there is the possibility it could do the same for pets. Dr Sarah Silcox is President & Director of the Canadian Association of Veterinary Cannabinoid Medicine. Testing is now underway… »
Press Freedom Day: Who is scrutinizing on your behalf?
Threats aplenty If you understand that democracy depends on a free press, then you are concerned about the many threats to journalism in areas of conflict and in the free world, too. Today is World Press Freedom Day, a day… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Politics, Society
Conservation groups concerned about the state of Canada’s Species at Risk Act
Seven environmental groups are applauding a new government report on the state of conformity to the Species at Risk Act. At the same time they are very concerned about what the report states, especially concerning woodland caribou and habitat. Anna… »
NASA mission will study the heart of Mars
There have been several spacecraft sent to study Mars but NASA is hoping to launch the first to look at the planet’s interior on May 5, 2018. InSight, as it is called, will take six months to reach Mars and… »
Armenian protesters gear up for general strike
The leader of a grassroots Armenian protest movement that forced the country’s veteran leader to step down called for a nationwide strike after the ruling party thwarted his bid to take over as interim prime minister on Tuesday. After a… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
Canadian engineer proposes better flood damage prevention
Reports are coming in from locations across Canada about rising spring water levels. Every year hundreds if not thousands of homes and buildings are damaged by flood waters. To cause extensive damage, floods only need to be high enough to… »
Cannabis legalization presents challenges for police
The Canadian government plans to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in the next few months and that will mean changes for police forces across the country. Currently, police are not very much interested in arresting people for possession of… »
Armenian Canadians join Velvet Revolution in their homeland
Many Canadian Armenians are watching with baited breath as a non-violent grassroots protest movement in Armenia is about to complete the transfer of power from the governing party to the leader of the opposition whose unprecedented campaign of civil disobedience… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Google searches may affect your reaction to a drug, suggests study
A new study suggests that people who do internet searches on the side-effects of a medication are more likely to report intolerance to the drug. Researchers say this suggests that searching the web could be the culprit for triggering these… »
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