Canada’s decision to prioritize its profile in Afghanistan when providing development aid took money away from the most successful aid projects in the country and undermined the legitimacy of the Afghan government, according to development aid specialist Nipa Banarjee. Banarjee… »
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Internet, Science & Technology
Mapping our neighbouring galaxies, light years away.
Gazing up into a clear night sky, one can see millions of points of light. Stars. In fact that’s just our own galaxy which contains some 300 billion stars and planets. Now an astronomer in Canada has created a clearer… »
Health, International, Society
Brazil food guide ‘novel,’ may help Canadians
The Ministry of Health in Brazil hopes to reduce obesity with a proposed new food guide that is simple but innovative, and very different from those of Canada and other nations. Instead of talking about nutrients, the Brazil guide talks… »
The last Canadian soldiers arrive home
The small, final contingent of Canadian Forces personnel have landed in Canada. As the giant CC-177 Globemaster transport plane with the group of 93 soldiers on board flew over the national capital, Ottawa, it was ceremonially escorted by two CF-18… »
Finalists announced, Canada’s 65th National Newspaper Awards
Toronto’s Globe and Mail newspaper lead the nominations for Canada’s 65th annual National Newspaper Awards with 14 nominations. The announcement was made Monday (March 17). Close behind the Globe was the Toronto Star with 13 nominations. There are a total… »
Cellphone services go up $5
Three big companies dominate wire services in Canada and they all have hiked their base prices for new plans by five dollars in most markets. Existing plans are unaffected. Rogers, Telus and Bell Mobility now all charge $80 per month… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Society
Activists climb landmark in forest protest
Six Greenpeace activists scaled a large cross on Montreal’s Mount Royal to place two banners protesting logging practices in the Canadian boreal forest. Forests stretch across thousands of kilometres of Canada. Although most of it is publicly-owned, companies are allowed… »
Hard winter forces another animal shooting
Police in the north-western Ontario city of Timmins have shot yet another lynx. This makes the third in a matter of weeks. A police spokeswoman, Kat Cantin, says the animal was killed in the interest of public safety. “Public safety… »
Canada’s PM Harper condemns ‘unilateral’ actions of ‘Putin regime’
Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced more economic sanctions against Russia on Monday (March 17) during a meeting with Ukraine’s Ambassador to Canada Vadym Prystaiko in Ottawa, and condemned the “illegal, dangerous, unilateral actions of the Putin regime in the… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Canadian researcher studies catastrophic “supervolcanos”
While mankind has experienced some massive deadly volcanic eruptions in our recorded history, Vesuvius, Krakatoa, Mt St Helen’s, and Pinatubo just to name a few, we’ve never experienced the devastation of a supervolcano. Martyn Unsworth has spent years studying supervolcanos.… »
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