Three distinct cities make up Canada’s largest city; one for high-income earners, one for those in the middle, and one for low-income earners. The bad news is, that the first and third are growing, while the middle-income families are disappearing. These… »
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Skating’s Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford win gold in Shanghai
Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford won the gold medal in the pairs event at the world figure skating championships in Shanghai today. The pair took bronze at the last two world championships, and were also part of the Canadian team that… »
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Barbour’s in New Brunswick going nuts with success
G. E. Barbour Inc, is doing so well with their nut butters, they’ve had to hire around the clock staff. Demand in the United States has been growing to the point that they’ve hired people to keep production going 24/7… »
Aboriginal people trained on street drug antidote
A drug problem has become so bad on an aboriginal reserve in western Canada, that people are being trained to use a special antidote in hopes of saving lives. People have died on the Blood Tribe reserve in southern Alberta… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Your car is spying on you, warns privacy report
Privacy advocates are warning that cars are becoming more connected wirelessly and that information is being collected, kept and transmitted, sometimes in violation of Canadian privacy laws. Consumers are often not aware of how much personal data they are giving… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
“Filmed in Technicolour”; Insulin, electron microscope, and so much more, all from Ontario
Most people don’t know that the Hollywood film process that was proudly proclaimed at the start of films for decades, “Technicolour” (or Technicolor), was invented by a Canadian from Ontario. They may also not know that the electron microscope, critical… »
Environment & Animal Life, Highlights
Long bitter winter forces Lynx to town
Once again this year, an exceptionally cold and long winter is causing normally very shy lynx to approach towns in northern Ontario searching for food. In one case a rather relaxed lynx is seen in the town of Terrace Bay… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, Highlights, Indigenous, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Plastic microbeads- a toxic substance in waterways-from the Great Lakes to the Arctic
They are very tiny beads usually made of polyethylene, which is a very common plastic used for example, to make plastic bags. The microbeads are found in a wide variety of facial scrubs, body gels, and in toothpaste to act… »
Bell president apologizes for ‘intrusion’ in news
The president of a huge communications company has apologized for involving himself in news coverage by its television division, CTV. The Globe and Mail newspaper alleged that Bell Media President Kevin Crull tried to influence the network’s news coverage of… »
Economy, Health, Indigenous, Politics, Society
Food insecurity at 36.7% in Canada’s northern territory of Nunavut
Canada’s northern territory of Nunavut, home of the country’s Indigenous Inuit people, has a rate of food insecurity of 36.7 per cent according to the government data gathering agency Statistics Canada. In a report released Wednesday (March 25) the agency… »
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