Millions of dollars committed to boosting security at Canadian diplomatic missions abroad were not spent, according to the public broadcaster, CBC. A special report linked the lack of spending to government efforts to cut programs and staff to eliminate the… »
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Tuna quota increase surprises, dissappoints conservationists
The 19th meeting of International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) concluded this week in Genoa, Italy with decision to raise quotas on bluefin tuna. Among conservationists there is great surprise and shock at the decision. The government… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics
Canada: Government’s corporate responsibility strategy for extractive sector fails to include enforcement
A new Canadian government strategy for dealing with corporate social responsibility (CSR) for Canada’s extractive industries abroad, has some positive aspects, but fails to have any means of enforcing the strategy or any kind of remedy for abuses, according to… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Learning how the earth’s crust is formed under the sea
One theory held that the earth’s crust under the sea was and is formed at mid-ocean ridges from a single magma layer spread around the middle of the earth’s crust That’s now changed to the understanding that there are more… »
Canadian Parliament’s oldest building needs earthquake-proof upgrade
The Canadian Parliament’s oldest building, the East Block, is vulnerable to the frequent earthquakes of the Ottawa area and needs at least $66 million in upgrades to make it more tremor-resistant, according to a report by journalist Dean Beeby of CBC… »
Racism on Twitter reveals attitudes: researcher
While Twitter enables people to say racist things they would not say in person, it also enables people to criticize racism more than they might off line, says a researcher in the western city of Edmonton. Irfan Chaudhry is a… »
Update on military imposter
It is a very rarely used law, mostly because there are so very few cases of the incident occurring. Nonetheless, a man who impersonated a soldier during Remembrance Day ceremonies in Ottawa, has now been charged. Franck Gervais, a 32-year-old… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics, Society
Canada to help countries adapt to climate change
Canada will provide money to impoverished nations to help them cope with climate change and develop cleaner sources of energy. At the end of the G20 summit, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Canada would soon contribute to the United Nations… »
‘je vois mtl’ event promoting future of city of Montreal
Revitalizing the city of Montreal, and turning to all segments of Montreal society Jacques Menard, the chairman of BMO Nesbitt Burns and president of BMO Financial Group in the province of Quebec along with the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal launched… »
Coyote attacks increase in Ontario
There are growing concerns over a recent increase in the aggressiveness of coyotes in southern Ontario. A home surveillance camera caught the scene in a Burlington backyard as a coyote attacked a small Cocker spaniel. It only let go when… »
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