Canadian government MP Brent Rathgeber resigned late Wednesday night (June 5) from the ruling Conservative caucus, frustrated by his own government’s amendments to his private member’s bill. It was, as he put it, the straw that broke the camel’s back.… »
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Privacy Commissioner: Canadian law must be updated
“Canadians would be better served by a law that motivates organizations to put privacy considerations up front, rather than the current situation where we’re left to trigger a mop-up after privacy is violated,” says Canada’s Privacy Commissioner. Delivering her last… »
June is National Aboriginal History Month in Canada
Since a unanimous motion in Canada’s House of Commons in 2009, June has been declared National Aboriginal History Month. The Canadian constitution recognizes three groups of Aboriginal Indigenous people: First Nations, Métis and Inuit. This year marks the 250th anniversary of the… »
Canada’s infrastructure vulnerable to disaster
Catastrophic events are increasing and Canada’s buildings, roads, bridges and other infrastructure need immediate work to be able to withstand them, say the organizers of the 23rd World Conference on Disaster Management. $172 billion is needed to replace municipal assets… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Canada takes another step towards becoming a world-leader in oceans research
It was a big day for ocean research this past Wednesday, June 5th. A huge new and very unique Oceans Sciences research building was dedicated at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Doug Wallace, is the Canada Excellence Research Chair… »
Investigation reveals “weak food safety” at meat plant
The largest beef recall in Canadian history could have been prevented according to an independent review of the incident at the XL Foods plant in Brooks, Alberta last fall. 18 people were sickened by an outbreak of E-coli bacteria. Neither… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life
Oil industry gifts to police prompts protest
An environmental group in Hamilton Ontario says it has filed a complaint against police for accepting donations from Enbridge, the biggest oil and gas pipeline company in Canada. Red points along route of Line 9, show municipalities where Enbridge has… »
Arts & Entertainment, Politics
Public broadcaster’s re-brand draws reaction
Heritage minister James Moore warns Canadians won’t tolerate any move away from a pan-Canadian identity by its publicly-funded national broadcaster, Radio-Canada. The French-language service has decided to rebrand its services as “Ici” which means “here” in French. “Canadians will only… »
Remembering D-Day
In the early hours of June 6, 1944, Over 150,000 soldiers in the Allied Forces from thousands of ships and boats, stormed the beaches of Normandy, France. It was the beginning of the land battle to defeat Nazi Germany. Some… »
PM on ‘Senategate’: I have been clear, opposition disagrees
Canada’s opposition parties once again attacked the Prime Minister’s credibility in the House of Commons as they continued to demand answers to who knew what about a payment made by the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Nigel Wright to Senator… »
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