Independent inshore fishermen in Newfoundland are angry and frustrated at a Department of Fisheries decision to extend the cod fishing season until the end of March again this year. The season was supposed to end March 01, prior to spawning… »
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Environment & Animal Life, Health, Society
Legal fees over wind farms could waste families
Wind energy companies are demanding that four families in the province of Ontario pay $340,000 in legal fees for a court case the families lost in December. Families say case was in the public interest In civic cases in Canada, the… »
Xavier Dolan’s film ‘Mommy’ earns nine Canadian Screen Awards
Xavier Dolan’s film Mommy dominated this Sunday’s (March 1) Canadian Screen Awards winning best director and best film awards, along with seven other awards. Mommy is about a widowed mother, Diane Després, struggling with the difficulty of raising her violent… »
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Canadian traditional Chinese medicine company fined for smuggling of wild animal parts
Mrs Qin Zhou, listed as Director of Carbo Herbal Supplies Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, has pleaded guilty to six charges under the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (WAPPRIITA). The company imports and… »
Economy, International, Politics
Free trade has restructured corporate sector, slowed growth, raised inequality, says economist
Free trade agreements have little to do with freedom, says economist Jordan Brennan. “It’s led to the radical restructurinng in the corporate sector, which has slowed growth…and exacerbated inequality.” Brennan’s conclusions in his study “Ascent of Giants: NAFTA, Corporate Power… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Potentially toxic blue-green algae increasing everywhere
Zofia Taranu PhD-lead author of the international study looking into the growth in incidence of “blue-green algae” © supplied It’s become an annual news story in Canada in the past few years. Every summer there are more and more reports of… »
Water main break portrayed as ‘geyser’ goes viral
An actor came across water gushing out of the pavement on a Montreal street today and made a video calling it a “famous geyser.” Many of Montreal’s underground water pipes are about one hundred years old and every winter several… »
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Funding for programs to prevent sex crimes cut
A program designed to prevent the most dangerous sex offenders from repeating their crimes is going to be cut just as a five-year study has shown that it dramatically improves public safety and saves money. The current Canadian government has… »
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Canadian advice helping Kenyan farmers
AVC professor Dr John Vanleeuwen has led student veterinarians to over several years to advise Kenya farmers and treat their animals. © University of Prince Edward Island Thanks to a Canadian veterinarian, small hold cattle farmers in Kenya have seen their… »
International, Politics, Society
More questions about C-51, Canada’s proposed anti-terrorism bill
Canada’s Official Opposition NDP party continiued to hammer away at the ruling Conservatives over their proposed anti-terrorism legislation, Bill C-51. On Friday (February 27), on the last day before a week-long break, MPs questioned the government over the need for… »
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