In June 2018, the World Health Organization will include gaming disorder in its International Classification of Diseases. While the condition is not that common in Canada and the world, it can be serious when it strikes. Addiction impairs ability to… »
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The LINK Online Apr 6-7-8, 2018
Your hosts, Lynn, Levon, Marie-Claude, and Marc (Video of show at bottom) Former ISIS capital Raqqa in ruins The Daesh or ISIS Islamic militants had used Raqqa as their self-described capital for their plans to create a caliphate in Syria.… »
University to hire a “conjuring arts” professor
Carleton University in Ottawa is looking for someone to fill a newly created chair. The “magician” or conjuring arts chair is to help understand how people are led to believe something that didn’t happen. The idea is related to how… »
Fatal encounters with police analysed by CBC
Each year, about 30 people die at the hands of police in Canada, and the public broadcaster, CBC, has collected information to shed light on these fatal confrontations. There are several police services across Canada and no single official body… »
Former ISIS capital Raqqa ‘nearly completely destroyed,’ says UN
Six months after Kurdish forces backed by U.S. air power and artillery recaptured Raqqa from Islamic State militants, the nearly destroyed former capital of the self-declared caliphate in Syria remains without the most basic services, according to a recent assessment… »
Health, International, Society
Festivulve in Montreal
In celebration of women’s “private parts” It’s billed as a fun yet educative event, a festival, to celebrate vaginas and it seems it’s unique and could be a sort of world first in that regard. Organiser Mel Goyer says it’s… »
Economy, International, Politics, Society
U.S. pushes for symbolic NAFTA agreement
U.S. negotiators are pushing for some kind of agreement on a new trade deal between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico by mid-April but insiders say it would be a token agreement lacking substance. Political and financial pressure for an announcement… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, Immigration & Refugees, Indigenous, Society
Statistics Canada- 100 years of vital data gathering
Canada’s national agency which compiles statistics on virtually all aspects of Canadian life, turns 100 this year. It’s a fascinating record of data on how a nation has been growing, and changing. Anil Arora is Chief Statistician of Canada Statistics… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
‘Yucky duckies’ only of concern for the very young, says researcher
A recent study about bacteria in bath toys should not alarm parents unduly, says Lori Burrows, a researcher in infection diseases and professor at McMaster University. The Swiss study found that bacteria can form inside rubber duckies and other bath… »
Sucrerie de la Montagne: a spring tradition
Surcrerie de la Montagne had one of its biggest days yesterday, Easter Sunday. “I had a dream of keeping these traditions alive.” Pierre Faucher and his team welcomed over 2000 guests to feast on eggs and ham and sausage and… »
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