Police in Montreal declared Sunday’s annual march against police brutality illegal before it started and later made one arrest and issued 94 tickets. This was the 19th annual protest. Even though eight police cars were vandalized, the force’s spokesman said… »
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Environment & Animal Life, Highlights
Oh no! Not Again! Winter blasts the east.
With a much awaited spring just days away, and while flowers are already in bloom on the west coast, parts of eastern Ontario and southern Quebec got another taste of winter with between 10 to 20-centimeters of snow this weekend.… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics, Society
Campaign to preserve massive ‘bird nursery’
Bird and nature conservation groups are lobbying to save at least half of the massive forest that stretches across the northern part of North America. This boreal forest is a crucial habitat for spring and summer nesting for an estimated… »
Politics Today – March 15, 2015
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reviews a week of controversy over the Canadian government’s proposed anti-terrorism legislation, Bill C-51, the Anti-terrorism Act, 2015. twitter.com/wojtekgwiazda
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Politics, Society
Military, dog races & winter biking – Arctic week in Review
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this week: -Norway launches military exercises in the Arctic -A… »
International, Politics, Society
Government MP uses parliamentary privilege to put on record accusations against Muslim group
A Canadian government Member of Parliament used her parliamentary privilege to suggest a Canadian Muslim organization had links to terrorists during a House of Commons committee hearing Thursday (March 12). The committee hearing was looking into proposed anti-terrorism legislation that… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Smartphones reliers are ‘lazier thinkers’: study
People who rely on their smartphones as a source of information are “essentially lazier thinkers,” according to a study from the University of Waterloo. “They are more prone to using their intuition and they are less analytical and logical when… »
Economy, Immigration & Refugees, Politics
Number of temporary foreign workers has tripled since 2002, but still low percentage of Canadian labour force
Between 2002 and 2012, the number of temporary foreign workers has tripled in Canada, according to a new report from the Parliamentary Budget Office, tasked to give independent analysis to Parliament. However, the office was not able to do achieve… »
International, Politics, Society
Mar. 14 1793: Canada- beginning to the end of slavery in the British Empire
Although “Black History Month” (February) has ended in Canada, March 14 nonetheless marks an important date in the emancipation of blacks. Upper Canada’s Lt-Governor at the time was John Graves Simcoe of Britain who had been an abolitionist before his… »
Arts & Entertainment, Highlights, International, Politics, Society
Honouring an author- tribute to Moredecai Richler
He was one of Canada’s internationally renowned authors with his works translated into several languages. Mordecai Richler who died in 2001, was also a screenwriter and well-known and highly respected essayist. In one of his collections, Belling the Cat (1998)… »
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