An Associated Press photographer died and a reporter was injured after an Afghan policeman shot them as they waited in a car in Afghanistan. Photographer Anja Niedringhaus was killed instantly. Canadian reporter Kathy Gannon is in stable condition after the incident… »
Highlights
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Saskatchewans Western Development Museum at 65
The province’s Western Development Museum was started in 1949 with the foresight to preserve agricultural machinery showing development of the technology over the years. As the museum grew, its mandate has grown as well to reflect all aspects of history… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Risk of death worse for thin people than the obese
People who are underweight have a risk of dying that is 1.8 time higher than those with a normal body mass index (BMI), and those who are obese are 1.2 times more likely to die than those of normal BMI,… »
Highlights, International, Society
The Canadian who saved Ceylon, and to some extent, the war.
It was early dawn, April 4, 1942, that RCAF Squadron Leader Len Birchall of RCAF 413 Tusker Squadron, and his 8 crewmen took off from their base in Ceylon searching for a suspected Japanese fleet. Birchall’s squadron had only just… »
Sawmill owner fined for fatal explosion
Hampton Affiliates has been fined more than $1million for a fiery explosion that killed two workers and injured 19 on January 22, 2012. It’s believed to be the largest penalty imposed on an employer in the history of the western… »
Former Auditor General calls Fair Elections Act ‘an attack on our democracy’
Canada’s former Auditor General Sheila Fraser has always had a lot of credibility with Canadians. As Auditor General she questioned successive government on their spending. Now no longer auditor general, she’s turned her focus on the Canadian government’s proposed Fair… »
Bank economist says we’re ‘Flying Blind’ because of lack of mortgage data
What was the dollar value of new mortgages originated in Canada in the last quarter? What is the share of non-conforming loans in the Canadian landscape? Bank economist Benjamin Tal says we simply don’t know. In his analysis titled “Flying Blind”… »
Environment & Animal Life, Highlights
Vestiges of winter still causing problems
Winter may be “officially” over, but for tens of thousands of Canadians in eastern Canada, it sure doesn’t seem like.. Two huge wheel loaders (one digging from the other direction and not seen) are almost dwarfed by snow drifts across… »
‘Outrageous Fortune’ report says Canada’s 86 richest getting richer
Canada’s 86 richest Canadians’ wealth, whose net worth was $178 billion in 2012, equals that of 11.4 million Canadians (out of a population of 35 million) according to a new report by the Ottawa think tank, the Canadian Centre for… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Canadian research reveals new clue to rapid Arctic ice melt
A new study of the Arctic’s vast Mackenzie river delta has discovered that an unexpected aspect of climate change is having a very big effect. Lance Lesack, a professor in both the Department of Geography and Department of Biological Sciences at… »
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