The alternative-rock duo The Town Heroes from the Canadian Atlantic coast province of Nova Scotia picked up three East Coast Music Awards (ECMA), and might have won more, points out CBC News, if they had been nominated for anything else.… »
Highlights
Terry Fox anniversary spurs fundraising runs
Several running events took place Sunday to mark the 35th anniversary of Terry Fox’s run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. The 18-year old had cancer himself and had one leg amputated below the knee. On April 12,… »
Economy, International, Politics, Society
A complicated relationship, Canada and Cuba
Even though Canada never broke off relations with Cuba after the revolution, the present government of Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper has not been energetic in bringing the two closer, despite the political and commercial contacts that exist, and the… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Electric cars, not always “greener”
While many are extolling electric cars as the way of the future to reduce greenhouse gases, a new study points out that’s not always the case. Chris Kennedy (PhD, B Eng) is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering… »
Sailors sickened by toxins in fish
Fourteen crew members from a potash ship are in serious condition in a hospital in eastern Canada after eating toxic fish. The ship’s captain, cook and most of the crew have ciguatera, an illness caused by eating fish that contain… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Highlights, International
Concern over Alberta’s grizzly bears
Much has been said about the loss of habitat for caribou in this country and how fragmentation of habitat has caused population declines. Conservationists are once again making the same call, but now also for western Canada’s grizzly bear population.… »
History April 13, The RCMP “always get their man”
The phrase has long been associated with Canada’s federal police force, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) which came into existence in 1920. The idea is that criminals can’t escape from the “Mounties” who, once sent to track down a… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics, Society
Federal minister wants climate plan from provinces
Canada’s environment minister has sent a letter to provincial leaders saying most of them are falling short of their targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to curb climate change. Dale Marshall of Environmental Defence said the letter is an attempt… »
ART- Cape Breton N.S. artist Onni Nordman
Sydney Nova Scotia painter Onni Nordman is a workaholic. He spends endless hours in his studio beside the cottage on a cliff in Cape Breton with the sea and sky he shares with his wife and manager Paula Muise. Cape… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Emergency surgery riskier for the very obese:study
Nearly one in five severely obese Canadians who undergo emergency surgery will die in hospital, according to a new study. An analysis of operations performed at the University of Alberta Hospital in western Canada found that obese patients require more… »
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