“The new government of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk offers a fresh start,” said Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird in a statement released Thursday (February 27). “We, along with the international community, expect that Ukraine’s sovereignty will be respected and… »
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International, Politics, Society
Journalists in Canada, world protest detention of Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt
Members of the Canadian media and others joined an international day of action Thursday (February 27) to demand the release of several Al-Jazeera journalists, including Canadian Mohamed Fahmy, who are imprisoned in Cairo. Since December 29, the three journalists: Canadian… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
More Canadian women hemorrhage after giving birth
Severe blood loss after giving birth is affecting a greater proportion of women in Canada and several industrialized countries, and researchers don’t really know why. Such hemorrhaging can required blood transfusions, uterus removal, or other procedures and, at worst, can… »
Doctors stalked, threatened, abused
It comes as a surprise to find that a high percentage of doctors in Canada have been subject to some form of violence. This is coming primarily from patients seeking narcotic painkillers and other drugs. The study was published in… »
Business owner ordered to change FB page to French
The owner of a small clothing store has been ordered to change the language of the store’s Facebook page to French by the government of the French-speaking province of Quebec. Quebec has a law to protect French which it estimates… »
The truly frozen land
No doubt about it, while the southern hemisphere experiences a variety of heat related problems, including massive fires in Australia, Canada is having a truly Arctic winter. The scene earliy this morning as crews try to deal with yet another… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Skier barely survives burial in tree well
Most people who fall into tree wells suffocate in the snow that falls around them, so Chris Johnston considers himself lucky he survived such an accident. A tree well is a depression in the snow around the base of a… »
Government blocks cross-Canada consultation on Fair Elections Act
The ruling Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper blocked an opposition motion for cross country consultations by a House of Commons committee of the government’s proposed Fair Elections Act on Tuesday night (February 25). All government MPs, led by… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Digesting a Canadian Discovery
No, it’s not a new food recipe, its about how food is digested. A Canadian research team has made a breakthrough in discovering how the digestive system works. It has been something that has eluded scientists for years, mostly because… »
Vast numbers of residents contemplate leaving Quebec
A spring election is looming in the mostly French-speaking province of Quebec. The current minority government of the separatist Parti Quebecois (PQ) will be seeking a majority, If they succeed, the threat of another referendum on separation from Canada is… »
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