Refugee claimants in Canada may apply for and get funding from provincial governments when they first arrive in Canada, but a new law could make them ineligible to apply. Residency requirement would disqualify newcomers The federal government is proposing legislation… »
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Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Ancient dinosaurs, fossil poachers, and a strange mystery solved
A 50 year old mystery involving ancient dinosaur bones and the very strange creature they belonged to, has finally been solved. Philip Currie is one of the most respected paleontologists in the world. He is professor and Canada Research Chair… »
Pilot protests porn left on planes and backlash
A pilot for Air Canada is defending a colleague who complained about pornography left in flight decks and who was subsequently criticized online. She disputes comments from the airline that the images were mostly “inappropriate business cards” from Las Vegas,… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Anxiety relief: Pooches and passengers at Edmonton airport
You’re in a big airport, it’s busy, a bit confusing, and hectic, even if you’re waiting hours for your flight. In a first for Canadian airports, the Edmonton International Airport has joined others in a new programme to relieve travelers… »
Letters from the tax office often indecipherable
As if it weren’t bad enough to get a letter from the Canada Revenue Agency, a study confirms that tax notices are poorly organized, confusing, unprofessional, unduly severe, bureaucratic, one-sided and dense. The findings come from an internal evaluation of… »
Plea to preserve civil liberties following attack
Canadian legislators are being asked to safeguard civil liberties when considering new laws to protect against attacks like last week’s shootings at the National War Memorial and in Parliament. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has written a letter to all… »
University teachers’ fair employment campaign: ‘A professor is a professor’
Citing an increasing tendency of Canadian universities to hire part-time poorly-paid teaching staff, the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) is calling on students and parents to make their voices heard as part of the association’s Fair Employment Week, October… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Food containers: when re-usable is not necessarily better
A new study has shown that the increasing use of re-usable commercial plastic produce containers, has a drawback; bacterial contamination of the containers After the first limited study of the containers last year found unacceptable levels of bacteria and pathogens,… »
Economy, International, Politics
Canadian provincial premiers on trade mission to China
Three Canadian provincial premiers representing the majority of Canada’s population will be on a trade mission to China October 29 and 30. Kathleen Wynne, the premier of Canada’s most populous province and Philippe Couillard, the premier of Canada’s second most… »
Economy, Health, Politics, Society
Transport Safety Board: Railways failing to report accidents
A Canadian government agency responsible for transportation safety “has identified late and missing accident information from the three railway companies it examined”. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) found “a total of 254 occurrences involving these railways had been unreported… »
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