Canadian internet providers may be handing customers’ personal information to authorities or companies in Canada and elsewhere in violation of privacy laws, says a university study. Canadians increasingly concerned This comes at a time when parliament is considering giving security… »
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Campaign opposes government’s ‘war on science’
Canadians are being urged to write letters to the government and its scientists asking about the results of scientific research. “This campaign responds to an urgent need for Canadians to become aware of some very serious cuts to science,” says… »
Indigenous leader wants proposed anti-terrorism legislation withdrawn
Canada’s proposed anti-terrorism law, C-51, came under severe criticism from an Indigenous First Nation Chief on Thursday (March 12) at a House of Commons Committee studying the legislation. National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Perry Bellegarde called for the… »
Journalist reports on Canadian military’s war against a soldier’s family
For the Canadian Armed Forces 67 year old Sheila Fynes “became one of the most hated individuals in the country,” writes Ottawa Citizen journalist David Pugliese in an article published Thursday (March 12). “Fynes’s crime was that she wouldn’t shut up.… »
Environment & Animal Life, Highlights, International
Supply barge adrift in the Arctic-for months.
With files from CBC news A Canadian company’s supply barge which has been floating loose around the Arctic since last October, is now just off Russia’s northeast coast after drifting from the Northwest territories, across the Yukon coast, across the… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Canadian breakthrough in the nature-nurture debate in determining traits
Canadian researchers have made a startling discovery with potentially huge repercussions. The research was carried out at McGill University in Montreal where the team discovered a mechanism controlling gene expression of growth such that they could environmentally (through epigenetics) adjust the… »
National Day Of Action to stop Canada’s proposed anti-terrorism law, C-51
Demonstrations are planned in at least 56 communities across Canada on Saturday (March 14) to stop the Canadian government’s proposed anti-terrorism law, C-51. Organizers are concerned that the Anti-terrorism Act, 2015, Bill C-51, will dramatically widen the powers of Canadian… »
Privacy watchdog blocked at hearings on terror law
A committee examining a proposed law to fight terrorism will not hear testimony from the government’s own privacy commissioner. Bill C-51 has raised serious concerns about the proposed sharing of Canadians’ personal information among a possible 17 different government agencies.… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Highlights, International
Wild boar a growing concern in Saskatchewan
The large fur-covered and tusked animals were introduced to the province from Russia as exotic livestock in the 1990’s as part of a farm diversification programme. Some later apparently escaped into the wild where they have adapted easily to Canadian… »
Warnings mount over Vancouver housing debt
A new report warns credit unions in the western province of British Columbia to recalculate their risks in the event that a housing market crash leads to mass mortgage default. “Default risk is of particular concern given the continuously climbing… »
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