Governments across Canada are tight for money and cutting budgets for many social services, but slashing funds for an agency that investigates the deaths of children receiving child services seems particularly cruel. Canadian children may be removed from their families… »
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Invasive beetle destroying Ash trees
Many of Canada’s majestic city trees are being devastated by invasive species. Currently several cities are being obliged to cut down large Elm trees, many over 100 years old, victims of a fungus – Dutch Elm Disease – borne by… »
Prisoners’ medications often interrupted: watchdog
New inmates coming into federal penitentiaries may not be able to get their prescription medications for weeks, says the ombudsman who oversees prisons. These may be crucial drugs to treat pain, mental illness or other conditions. When they arrive, prisoners… »
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Canadians need to know impact of workplace on breast cancer rates, says researcher
Canadians need to know more about the impact of the workplace in causing breast cancer, according to Canadian occupational health researcher Jim Brophy. And Brophy, who is an adjunct professor at the University of Windsor. says Canada has among the… »
School board digs in against WWII vet and teacher son
For a 90 year old Canadian veteran this latest battle has been nerve wracking, frustrating, and difficult to comprehend. His plane leaves for Holland where he will participate in ceremonies to mark the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of Holland.… »
Teachers lose right to negotiate class size
Teachers in the Canadian province of British Columbia (B.C.) have lost the right to negotiate class size and composition in contract bargaining with the provincial government. The province’s Court of Appeal ruled that a decision by the government to take… »
Law allows students to carry asthma medication
Ontario is thought to be the first Canadian province to legally allow children to carry asthma inhalers with them at school. The so-called rescue puffers help asthma sufferers who may have great difficulty breathing during an attack. Boy died in… »
Province to allow suspension of union agreements
Unions are outraged that a provincial government might give universities the right to override union contracts because of financial constraints. The government of the eastern province of Nova Scotia is considering a law that would allow universities to ban strikes,… »
Canada’s cyberbullying and revenge porn law applies to adults too
A new law has come into effect in Canada which amends the Criminal Code, the Canada Evidence Act, the Competition Act, and the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act. Bill C-13, known more commonly as the cyberbullying act, was… »
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Needed: Action now on antibiotics and “superbugs”
Canada’s Auditor-General released a report this week on how well Canada is doing in terms of dealing with the increasingly worrisome phenomenon of drug-resistant bacteria, or “superbugs”. In this 2009 photo, the yellow dots are colonies of bacteria from tap… »
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