Canadian currency features just one well-known woman, and she is not Canadian. Queen Elizabeth II, our head of state, is on most coins and bills, but Merna Forster, and 48,000 other Canadians want that to change. They want to see… »
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Mysterious flights over nuclear stations France, and one in Canada
French security officials are very concerned about mystery drone overflights of various nuclear power facilities in that country. And there may be something similar happening in Canada. A French government official told The Associated Press that authorities have counted about… »
More Canadians needing food aid ‘alarming’
More than 840,000 Canadians went to food banks in March to get free groceries. That was one per cent more than sought food aid last year and is a figure described as “alarming” by Katharine Schmidt, executive director of Food… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Politics, Society
Proposal for a Canadian nation-wide “seal products day”
A Canadian Senator wants to promote Inuit, and other community seal hunting here in Canada, in light of the ongoing difficulties caused by a European Union ban on seal products, and general public misconceptions about the seal hunt in this… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
More money, but not health workers to fight Ebola
Canada has promised an additional $30.5 million to fight Ebola, spending it on pharmaceutical research and more quarantine officers at Canadian airports. It will not however answer the call from aid agencies to send medical personnel. Canada has sent two… »
Grizzly bear checks out camera
A photographer in western Canada had just set up his camera when a grizzly bear walked up to take a look. He quickly retreated to get another camera and snap this photo. A male grizzly bear weighs between 180 and… »
Remembrance Day debate- National Holiday?
The targetted killings of two Canadian soldiers in Canada has heightened awareness and sensibilities of the coming Remembrance Day. Late last month Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent was killed by a car in a deliberate hit and run in a city… »
Economy, Health, Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics, Society
Federal government ordered to restore healthcare to refugees, by federal Appeal Court
The ‘Interim Federal Health Program‘ was ordered restored on Friday, by Judge Wyman Webb. He rejected the federal government’s request to further delay the restoration of benefits to people as they wait for a decision in their claim of refugee… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
France’s President Hollande addresses Canada’s Parliament during visit
Francois Hollande arrived Sunday for three-days in Canada. The visit began in Calgary, Alberta when the French President, accompanied by a large delegation of French business and academic leaders, as well as several of his cabinet ministers, landed. Prime Minister Stephen… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Canadian research hospital challenges human DNA patenting
A hospital diagnostic centre in Ottawa, Ontario, has launched a legal challenge in Canada which may allow greater research and diagnostic testing freedom into genetic diseases. Acting pro-bono for the hospital, a Toronto law firm has just filed papers in… »
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