The Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation was officially opened today. Based at the University of Waterloo, about 100 kilometres west of Toronto, the centre will focus on research and solutions for Canadian homeowners and businesses in dealing with extreme weather.… »
Highlights
Google Doodle celebrates Anne of Green Gables author
Fans of the world famous Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery are celebrating her 141st birthday today and seems Google is also a huge fan. The high-tech company is marking Montgomery’s birthday with a Google Doodle for its search engine. The doodle… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics
Funding climate change adaptation essential for children’s health: UNICEF
As world leaders gather in Paris for the 21st United Nations climate change conference, UNICEF is urging countries to not only adopt tough measures to fight climate change, but invest in climate change adaptation for the world’s poorest and most vulnerable… »
Arts & Entertainment, Highlights, Indigenous, Society
Political correctness comes to Canadian Football
It was an exciting 103rd Grey Cup matchup between Canada’s east and west Canadian Football League (CFL) champions. After the scoring went back and forth keeping fans on edge, the west’s Edmonton Eskimos finally prevailed over the east’s Ottawa Redblacks… »
Economy, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
McIntyre Powder: inhaling aluminium powder to prevent lung disease
It’s an almost unbelievable story, but for decades miners in many countries around the world were told to inhale microscopic particles of aluminium as a preventative against silicosis of the lungs. Elliot Lake in northern Ontario, is a well-known mining… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics
Canada pledges $30 million for climate projects in poorest countries
Canada is pledging to contribute $30 million to the world’s least developed countries to help them cope with urgent climate change adaptation needs, Canada’s minister of environment announced Monday. Speaking at a Paris climate conference event for the Global Environment Facility (GEF),… »
Highlights, International, Society
Fundraiser to save an historic Lancaster
KB882 had a long service life, and then, a far less deserving fate, and finally enthusiasts are trying to give the historic plane a better future. Of the over 7,000 built, this plane is one of only 17 survivors and… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Society
Water problems need local solutions: new book
Rather than seeing the world’s water problem as one global crisis, author and journalist Marq de Villiers prefers to break it down and suggests there are solutions best taken up locally. His view is outlined in a new book called… »
Canada’s premier football event: The Grey Cup!
All this weekend a huge number of parties and celebrations have been going on in the western city of Winnipeg Manitoba. Today is marks the 103rd edition of the final match up and culmination of the Canadian Football League (CFL)… »
International, Politics, Society
Containing Russia-Turkey tensions
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah at the Bocharov Ruchei state residence in Sochi, Russia November 24, 2015. Speaking before a meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah, Putin called Turkey’s downing of a Russian fighter jet… »
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