Two self-described “heroin junkies” who drifted into radical Islam will hear closing arguments early this week at their trail in British Columbia. John Nuttall and Amanda Korody are charged with plotting to set off homemade bombs on the crowded lawn… »
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Poll suggests Canadians remain divided on Omar Khadr
Nearly three weeks after former child soldier Omar Khadr was released on bail in Alberta, Canadians remain divided about him. However, an Angus Reed poll released over the weekend also suggests that the visceral antipathy toward the Toronto-born Khadr by… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Palmyra a tragic loss to the world: ROM Archaeologist
Professor Clemens Reichel is an Assistant Professor in the department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto, and Associate Curator at the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) in Toronto. Like many in the global archaeological community, he… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Other injuries can cause concussion-like symptoms
Many people with very minor head injuries or injuries to other parts of their bodies can experience severe symptoms like those caused by a concussion, and a new study sheds light on why. The symptoms can be debilitating and include… »
Internet, Science & Technology
Searching the Stars: McMaster University astrophysicist Rene Heller-life on distant moons?
Looking for life in all the wrong places. Rene Heller PhD, astrophysicist at the Origins Institute, Dept of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario © supplied For decades, if not centuries, man has been looking at the heavens wondering about… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, International, Society
Montreal opens tourist areas 24/7
Montreal’s most popular tourist areas will have the option of remaining open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, beginning this Monday. The provincial government partnered with the City of Montreal to create a tourist designation for particular neighbourhoods… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Great Gardening weekend at Montreal’s Botanical Garden
The Great Gardening Weekend at Montreal’s Botanical Garden is really a festival of gardening and gardeners! Sylvie Perron, the Chief Horticulturist at the Botanical Garden says this is the largest event of its kind in the province of Quebec. It’s… »
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Phoenix Sun saga comes to an end
The Phoenix Sun, will sail again. The rusted 186-metre freighter has been docked at Sorel-Tracy, just east of Montreal since November 2012. Now, after several dramatic chapters, including the people of Sorel coming to the aid of the hungry, stranded… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Indigenous
Feature Interview: Arctic hamlet drives cultural centre campaign
Kinngait Studios is legendary in Canadian art circles. It’s housed in the small, ramshackle couple of buildings that stand across from each other in the Arctic Canadian community of Cape Dorset. A place where renowned artists and printmakers like Kenojuak Ashevak and Pudlo… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Seafood identified through online system
Consumers can find out where their seafood came from and who caught it through a seafood traceability system developed in Canada called This Fish. In 2009, a group of fishermen from Vancouver Island off Canada’s western shore decided they needed… »
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