After initial but not particularly pressing discussions in the 1930’s about Canada joining the world’s other major nations as a shortwave broadcaster to adding it voice to world discussions, the outbreak of war suddenly increased the pressure. At the same… »
Highlights
Frozen hair contest nets winners $150
Winter can be long and awful, but there is no end to the ways Canadians find to make it interesting and fun. Take the frozen hair contest run by Takhini Hot Pools in the northern territory of Yukon. The contest… »
Life prison sentence will really mean life, says PM
Canada’s Prime Minsiter Stephen Harper announced Wednesday (March 3) that his government will introduce new legislation “to ensure that for the most heinous offenders, and the most horrific crimes, a life sentence in Canada will henceforth mean exactly that, a… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Group protests park use for commercial trips
An environmental group is going to court over a provincial government plan to give a private company the exclusive right to run guided horse trips in a protected wilderness park. The government of the western province of British Columbia issued… »
Computer scams get nastier
There has been an increase in con artists calling up individuals and offering to fix their ‘infected’ computers, and they appear to be using increasingly aggressive tactics to try to extract money. Microsoft says that every year, more than 2.8… »
Update: impersonating military officer
He looked every bit the part- to the non-military eye, of a wellturned out and decorated sergeant in the Canadian Forces.. Last year in the nation’s capital on the solemn occasion of Remembrance Day, November 11, last year Franck Gervais… »
International, Politics, Society
Canadian archive allows online access to Edward Snowden documents
A Canadian team has created an archive of a searchable database archive of all the publicly released classified documents leaked by former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. The archive was put together by the journalist organization Canadian Journalists for… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Potential Canadian breakthrough in “lazy eye” treatment
It’s a potential new cure for amblyopia, or lazy eye which affects about three percent of the population. Canadian university researchers and tech companies have developed an entirely new technique and technology to treat the condition using video games. Robert… »
Why have Canada, Venezuela not confirmed each other’s ambassadors?
Canada and Venezuela have not accredited each other’s proposed ambassadors, writes the Associate Editor of Ottawa’s Embassy Magazine Kristen Shane. In the article posted Wednesday (March 4) on the Embassy website the journalist points out this comes at a time of… »
Reduced inspections risk workers’ safety: retiree
A former health and safety inspector says workers in the western province of Saskatchewan could be at risk because of drastically reduced workplace inspections and enforcement of safety rules. Each province has occupational safety rules and ways to enforce them.… »
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