The Canadian province of Ontario wants to vastly reduce the use of neonicotinoid pesticides which have been linked to big declines in honey-bees and other pollinating insects. It hopes to have legislation in place by next planting season next July… »
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Municipal employees strike over pension plan changes in province of Quebec
Municipal services across the Canadian province of Quebec were disrupted on Wednesday (November 26) as government employees walked out on a one day strike to protest the provincial government’s intention to change their pension plans. At the port of Montreal,… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Agribition: major international agricultural event in Saskatchewan
Scene from Agribition 2013, one of the biggest agricuiltural events and auctions on the contintnt. with thousands of international visitors from dozens of countries © Tourism Saskatchewan It’s called the Canadian Western Agribition, and its the biggest livestock event in Canada,… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Politics, Society
Photographer Michelle Siu’s documentation of an Indigenous community displaced by man-made flood ‘Unnatural Disaster’
It wasn’t the first time residents of the Indigenous First Nation community near Lake St Martin were told to evacuate. Some thought it might be overnight, or a few days. Three years later residents have still not been able to… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Cumulative affect of common chemicals on children
A respected expert in children’s environmental health has helped produce a new video to drive home the message that even small amounts of toxic chemicals can have a cumulative effect on a child’s brain development. It’s called “Little Things Matter”… »
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Canadians may get a colder winter than usual
Yes, winter is coming in Canada, but there’s cold and then there’s the frigid deep-freeze that some Canadians got last year, and can apparently expect this year too. The privately-owned Weather Network television channel is predicting colder than average temperatures… »
Environment & Animal Life, International
Canadian guilty of smuggling endangered wildlife products
A 39 year old resident of west coast Richmond, British Columbia has pleaded guilty to a charge of wildlife smuggling in front of a US federal judge in Manhattan yesterday. Xiao Ju Guan, who owns an antiques business admitted trying… »
Rent-to-own industry targets the poor
Canadians spend $260 million every year on products that they rent and hope to eventually own, paying very high prices that would not be permitted in some of the U.S. states. A special investigation by the public broadcaster, CBC has… »
Respected women’s health organization shuts down, after Canadian government budget cut
The respected and much consulted Canadian Women’s Health Network (CWHN) has suspended its activities after failing to find alternate funding after the Canadian government suddenly cut financial support in 2013. In a statement released November 21, the board of directors… »
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Healthy snacks are good for business: entrepreneur
A Toronto businessman is offering a healthy snack service to companies, saying it is in their own interest to buy it for their employees. Mindful Snacks stocks the food, tracks and reports rates of consumption, and cleans and tidies the… »
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