Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of the top headlines from Eye on the Arctic this week: – A Swedish military expert discusses Russia’s ‘psychological… »
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Reduce solitary confinement, urges medical journal
Placing prisoners in drab, solitary cells for 23 hours a day can have “substantial health effects, including suicide and should be severely limited,” urges an editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. It calls the practice “cruel and unusual punishment.”… »
Arts & Entertainment, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Canada’s first distance learning effort November 21, 1927
Long before the arrival of the internet, and the concept of what is now known as MOOC’s (massive open online content), and long before television, the University of Alberta established it’s own radio station to provide distance learning courses to… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
Rare white deer seen in northwest Ontario
People around the small town of Stratton Ontario had been seeing something very rare during the summer, an all-white deer. Stratton is located about 400 kilometres west of the northern Ontario city of Thunder Bay. Stratton is just north of… »
Shovelling snow can cause heart attacks
Shovelling snow is something most Canadians have to do in winter and, as recent news indicates, it can kill you. People have died in the massive snow storms that hit the northern U.S. this week, some of them from heart… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Coco Rocha, Canadian supermodel, hates selfies
Coco Rocha is a Canadian model who works with the best international designers and graces the covers of the major fashion magazines. Now she’s a co-author as well. Her new book, “Study of Pose”, features 2,000 pages of her best. Photographed… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Ontario students top internationally in computer literacy
Ontario students scored among the highest in computer literacy, in an international test. Last year, they were part of the 60,000 grade 8 students, young people of 13 or 14 years of age, in 20 countries that took part in… »
Youth eschew privacy, seek fame online
There is “an overwhelming tsunami of youth taking selfies” driven by a thirst for fame, acceptance and self-esteem, according to a year-long research project. Many young people are ignoring warnings about preserving online privacy and some post revealing pictures of… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
The world as seen from space; like never before
He is known as an astronaut and for five months was the commander of the crew aboard the International Space Station. Canadian Chris Hadfield has just published a book of amazing photos taken from space. It’s called “You Are Here:Around… »
Health, International, Society
Eugenie Bouchard ‘Most Improved’
Eugenie Bouchard, Canada’s female tennis sensation, captured another title from the WTA. Earlier this week she was named the most improved player of the year. From Westmount, a city within Montreal, Quebec, ‘Bouchard’s Special Season’ is featured on the WTA’s… »
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