Canada’s Auditor-General has released the fall 2014 report on government activities. Auditor-General Micheal Ferguson released his fall 2014 report today, listing a number of concerns with government agencies, including Library and Archives Canada which is supposed to gather, preserve, and… »
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Ferguson rallies planned in Toronto, elsewhere in Canada, as well as U.S.
A rally on Tuesday (November 25) in Toronto will protest not only the Michael Brown verdict in Ferguson, Missouri, but also police brutality including the shooting in Toronto of Jermaine Carby September 25. Organizers are asking protestors to wear black… »
Rally to contest creeping privatisation of health care
A large coalition of health care workers and concerned citizens gathered in a demonstration at the provincial legislature in Toronto last week. Vicki McKenna is a Registered Nurse and the provincial first vice-president of the Ontario Nurses Association. In front… »
Canada’s Auditor General: Long waits for veterans’ mental health services jeopardize recovery
One of every five Canadian veterans suffering from a mental illness has to wait more than eight months before the government approves help, and such delays “may jeopardize a veteran’s stabilization and/or recovery”, according to the Auditor General of Canada… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Canada to lose another world-leading research centre
It’s called the National Ultrahigh-field NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) Facility for Solids, and is located near the Canadian capital, Ottawa Not a very catchy name, but the NMR is billed as the world’s strongest magnet for solids, and the most… »
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Muslims thank people for support after vandalism
One month after people cleaned hate graffiti off a mosque in western Canada, Muslims members formally thanked them with prayers and a special forum. Volunteers put up a sign reading “You are Home” to replace the “Go Home” slogan that… »
Internet, Science & Technology
BlackBerry pays people to switch from iPhone
The Canadian company BlackBerry will pay iPhone users as much as $550 to switch to a BlackBerry Passport. In a bid to recover market share, BlackBerry has promised customers who trade in a working iPhone and buy a Passport as… »
Environment & Animal Life, Politics
More protests, more arrests at contested pipeline project at Burnaby Mountain
Protests and arrests continued Monday (November 24) at a contested pipeline project at Burnaby Mountain in Canada’s Pacific coast province of British Columbia. The protests are over a proposed tunnel through Burnaby Mountain that the company Kinder Morgan wants to build to… »
Economy, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
Canada’s PM Harper promises $5.8B of infrastructure spending over three years
Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Monday (November 24) $5.8 billion of infrastructure funding over the next three years, saying an expected budget surplus next year would allow for the extra funding. Next year, there is a scheduled federal election… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Website clicks can compromise privacy
A Canadian woman was shocked to suddenly get hundreds of emails from men who wanted to date her and realized she had inadvertently given a website permission to create a dating profile of her. The profile included her name, photo… »
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