It’s called the STAR system, an anacronym for Summation of Tests for the Analysis of Risk. It’s a sports helmet rating system devised by the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech University in the USA. The five-star rating was in development… »
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Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
First Nations developing financial literacy
AFOA Canada (formerly the Aboriginal Financial Officers Association of Canada) is an organization dedicated to training and building a community of professionals. Their latest endeavour is a National Aboriginal Financial Literacy On-line Survey which launched in January 2015. They’re hoping to have 3,000… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Chicken producer investigates alleged cruelty
One of Canada’s largest chicken producers is investigating alleged animal rights violations at its slaughterhouse, one year after a court found it guilty of failing to provide human treatment for thousands of poultry. The group Mercy for Animals has made… »
Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Another electronics chain goes under
Hundreds more Canadian workers were instantly unemployed this weekend after Future Shop, a nation-wide chain specializing in electronic equipment and appliances, announced it was closing all of its 131 stores. Sixty-five the the stores will re-open under the Best Buy… »
Measure children’s meds carefully, urge experts
Parents should use precise measuring devices to avoid giving children the wrong amounts of medication, say experts in Canada and the United States. And those devices should use metric measurements as should doctors and pharmacists. Canada phased out the British… »
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Baby orcas doing well on the west coast
Orcas, the species once known as Killer Whales, are endangered, and the baby whales were at one time given only a 50 percent chance of survival. But two new calves appear to be alive and very well on Canada’s west… »
Canada beats Russia at Women’s World Hockey Championship in Sweden
Canada’s Women’s Hockey team is hard at work at the women’s world hockey championships in Malmo, Sweden. Courtney Birchard celebrates scoring in the last second of the first period in the group A match between Canada and Russia, Sunday. © AP/Claudio… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Society
Northerners turn out to see reindeer crossing
About 3,000 reindeer crossed an ice road between Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk, in the Northwest Territories on Sunday. This was the 80th time the animals were herded from their wintering ground at Jimmy Lake to their calving grounds on Richards Island… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Investigation of Halifax crash landing up and running
A full contingent of 12 to 15 Canadian Transportation Safety Board investigators are on the scene today at Halifax’s Stanfield International Airport, trying to establish what happened when an Air Canada Airbus crash landed early Sunday morning in a snow… »
International, Politics, Society
Canada to expand role in Middle East
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to use his parliamentary majority on Monday to extend Canada’s military campaign in Iraq for up to 12 months and authorize airstrikes in Syria. The governing Conservatives say the air attacks are necessary to… »
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