On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reports on a sobering evaluation by Canada’s Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault about the erosion of access to government information in Canada in the last 30 years. He also reports on the… »
Highlights
Thousands of students, teachers, unionists demonstrate against province’s austerity measures
A demonstration against austerity measures by the government of the Canadian province of Quebec drew thousands of students, teachers and unionists into the streets of Montreal on Thursday (April 2). Organizers say the rally and march was the largest so… »
Opposition MP faces off with Foreign Affairs Minister over Fahmy passport
A testy exchange at a House of Commons Committee hearing between Official Opposition MP Paul Dewar and Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Rob Nicholson on Thursday (April 2) failed to clarify why the Canadian government is refusing to issue a passport… »
Environment & Animal Life, Highlights, Society
Maritime Canada- Easter snow? Enough is enough already!
As if Canada’s maritime provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, along with the Atlantic province of Newfoundland and Labrador haven’t already had enough of winter, with its record snowfall! Northwest winds will blow snow around on… »
Highlights, International, Society
History: April 03, 1944; Canadian led attack cripples Tirpitz, out of the war
It was called Operation Tungsten. It was designed as a daring dive-bomber attack against the huge German battleship Tirpitz, sister to the Bismarck. Leading the dive bombers was a young Canadian. A Fairey Barracuda II of 814 Squadron, Fleet Air… »
Canada’s Finance Minister Oliver: Federal budget will be tabled April 21
Canada’s Finance Minister Joe Oliver says he feels ready to table a federal budget, and on Thursday (April 2) he announced he’ll be tabling the budget in the House of Commons on April 21, the day after parliamentarians return after… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous
Indigenous Heiltsuk protest shuts out commercial herring fishing on Pacific coast
The Heiltsuk Indigenous First Nation is claiming victory after Fisheries and Oceans Canada closed the commercial herring fishery in Area 7 of Canada’s Pacific coast province of British Columbia after members of the First Nation occupied the federal agency’s office.… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Tiny bird makes extraordinary, non-stop migration
Scientists have confirmed what is believed to be one of the most impressive animal migrations in the world. Around this time of year, the 15-gram blackpoll warbler leaves its winter grounds in South America and flies north making several stops… »
Canada’s refusal to issue passport, shocks Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy
Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy is expressing shock over Canada’s refusal to issue him a passport while he awaits the outcome of a trial in Egypt on widely denounced terror charges. Fahmy says his original passport was seized by Egyptian authorities when he… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Update: bill labelling microbeads as toxic passes Parliament
An opposition party motion in the Canadian Parliament to declare plastic microbeads as a toxic substance has been passed this week. It’s a step further in the process that could lead to them being banned n Canada Recent studies have… »
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