A Canadian technology company has created a Google extension that will allow people to convert Inuit language syllabics into Roman orthography. Pinnguaq, a company based in the community of Pangnirtung in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, developed the extension… »
Highlights
Grisly end for young grizzly bear
Life is not easy if you’re a young grizzly bear at Banff National Park in Canada’s Rocky mountains. The winter is coming, food is scarce, you have to watch out for those big, grain-laden trains, those pesky tourists with their… »
Environment & Animal Life, Highlights, Internet, Science & Technology
Protection delayed for ancient Arctic forest
Millions of years ago, the Arctic was covered in fairly dense vegetation and forest. There was also a wide variety of animals at various times, from ancient turtles, alligators, camels, and more. Ancient forest- massive climate change Arctic As the… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International
Canada ‘disappointed’ at U.S. rejection of Keystone XL pipeline
President Barack Obama makes a statement on the Keystone Pipeline from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2015. The Obama administration has rejected Canadian energy giant TransCanada’s application to build the Keystone XL pipeline.… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Helping communities turn human waste into fuel
Human waste can cause misery and poverty but it can also generate fuel, and a project partly funded by Canada is developing the technology to do that on a small scale. A report from the UN University’s Institute for Water,… »
Canada’s economy adds 44,000 jobs in October
Canada’s economy pumped out 44,000 jobs in October, bringing the number of people employed in Canada to over 18 million for the first time in the country’s history. Statistics Canada reported Friday that the unemployment rate declined by 0.1 percentage points to 7.0%. Compared with last… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
History: November 6, 1991 Canadians cap the last oil fire in the Gulf War
In 1990, after a long-standing feud with neighbouring Kuwait, Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi army invaded the country. Iraq had accused Kuwait of slant drilling into Iraq’s Rumaila oil field, and then of overproducing oil beyond OPEC treaty limits, causing a drop… »
International, Politics, Society
New leader unleashes Canadian diplomats
Newly-installed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has signalled an end to the previous Canadian government’s tight control over its foreign diplomats. The former prime minister imposed strict message control insisting that speeches and meetings be approved by his office, issuing talking… »
Rona Ambrose elected interim Conservative leader
The Conservative Party of Canada elected former Health Minister Rona Ambrose as interim leader at a caucus meeting in Ottawa Thursday. “I’m excited that we are going to be moving forward with a strong opposition with confidence and optimism,” Ambrose said… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Rebuild science after ‘lost decade’: ex-diplomat
Canada’s global brand has been damaged by the former Canadian government’s “ill-conceived ‘war on science’ and rejection of evidence-based policy and decision-making,” writes former diplomat Daryl Copeland, now a fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. Copeland has written a… »
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