Prince Charles and wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, are on a four-day visit to Canada. They are now touring the maritime provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, and then they go to Manitoba, where they will spend… »
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Pregnancy can increase road accident risk
Women in the second trimester of pregnancy have a much higher risk of being in a vehicle crash than they were before their pregnancy, according to Canadian scientists. They do not recommend women stop driving, but they do advise them… »
Politics Today – May 18, 2014
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reports on the federal by-elections on June 30th in the provinces of Alberta and Ontario. He also has updates on the Ontario provincial election (June 12) in Canada’s most populous province,… »
Police study on missing, murdered Indigenous women lists ‘risk factors’
The number of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada is higher than “previous public estimates” according to a new report by Canada’s federal police force the RCMP which was released Friday (May 16). The “Missing and Murdered… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Politics, Society
Web doc sheds light on Inuit relocation in Arctic Canada
Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North The relocation of Inuit from northern Quebec to Canada’s High Arctic in the 1950s is one of the darkest episodes in the history of Canada’s North. Sadly, few Canadians… »
Under age 19? In Ontario don’t touch that beer in the store!
An incident in the large central province of Ontario highlights the strict rules around alcohol. In Ontario, wines and spirits can only be purchased from provincially controlled outlets known as the “LCBO” for Liquour Control Board of Ontario. The LCBO… »
Teens’ lack of sleep linked to depression
Teenagers who don’t get enough sleep have four times the normal risk of depression, according to a study from the University of Texas. Many young people in North America stay up late, often socializing over the internet and not getting… »
Restaurant gives “well-behaved children” discount
It’s not often that a reastaurant bill leaves you pleasantly surprised, but that was the case for a family in the western Canadian city of Calgary Alberta The husband, wife, and their almost one-year-old daughter went to a small Japanese… »
Western province apologizes to Chinese community
People of Chinese heritage in the western province of British Columbia got an apology from the provincial government for historical policies that once targeted them. The apology introduced in parliament Thursday, May 15 recognized 160 historical racist and discriminatory policies… »
Indigenous survivors of residential schools fear their stories could be made public
Some survivors of Canada’s Indian residential schools are furious that their personal stories of abuse might become public, despite having been guaranteed confidentiality during Truth and Reconciliation gatherings across Canada. About 150,000 Indigenous youth were taken from their families and… »
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