A Canadian woman is on her way attempting to be the first woman to row solo across the Atlantic Trans-ocean row boats are now a very high tech,in design, materials, and equipment © dominique Ladcouceur Mylene Paquette, 34, of Montreal set… »
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Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Brain pulses may help stroke patients recover language
Electrical stimulation applied to the brain appears to help stroke survivors recover speech and language function, according to a study by Canadian and German researchers published in the American Heart Association journal Stroke. .Between 20 and 30 per cent of people… »
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Arts, Culture, Lifestyle 53: Colin Alexander: “Fire-art” painting on copper
This week we meet an artist in Canada’s Yukon northern territory Fireart- angel © C Alexander As a youngster, Colin Alexander copied images from comic books. Later he supported himself during a trip to Ireland by busking as a street artist… »
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Politics Today – July 7, 2013
On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda focused on the ministerial resignations ahead of a Canadian cabinet shuffle. In particular, the stepping down of Senator Marjory LeBreton as the Leader of the Government in Canada’s upper chamber, the… »
What has changed for young people in Canada?
Canadian young people are more educated and live with their parents longer, unemployment is always higher among young people, and there’s been a decline in full time employment among young people. These are some of the facts that have come… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
Arctic photos exhibition has travelled around the world
An exhibition of photos of the Canadian Arctic that was first shown in London in 2009, has now travelled around the world and been seen by tens of thousands of people. The “Accessible Arctic” exhibition features photos from Canadian Geographic… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
GPS hasn’t yet managed to kill off the paper road map!
Like many things technological, new devices are an additional resource for people to use, but don’t necessarily supplant more traditional resources. For example, vinyl record sales which were supposed to disappear with the arrival of CDs and later digital downloads,… »
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Plan to provide soldiers a taste of home scrapped
Canada’s Department of National Defence has abandoned its plan to create three mobile outlets to provide troops serving overseas coffee and doughnuts from the popular Tim Hortons brand. Such a unit was wildly popular at the Kandahar Airfield during the… »
Internet, Science & Technology
Canadian Space Agency to play essential role
Although popular astronaut Chris Hadfield will not become the new leader of the Canadian Space Agency, it will carry on doing vital work on future missions, says science journalist and National Geographic contributor Andrew Fazekas. Hadfield may have disappointed some… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Society
Eye on the Arctic – Film explores ties between Inuit in Canada and Greenland
Each week, Eye on the Arctic features stories and newsmakers from Canada’s northern regions Much has been written about the rapid social and environmental change faced by Inuit living in the circumpolar world. But Vanishing Point a recent Canadian documentary… »
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