To better recycle, and reduce the use of plastic, the Quebec government will make manufacturers responsible for the life cycle of the products they make. From plastic containers and packaging, to newspapers, manufacturers in Quebec will have to deal with… »
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Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Climate change, human activities, and increasing disease exposure
Its seems that as climate changes, particularly warming in the northern hemisphere, new diseases are also appearing to infect humans. But climate change is not the only reason Dr Courtney Howard (MD, CCFP-EM) is president of the Canadian Association of… »
Canadians support using force to protect allies, maintain world order: report
A recent survey of attitudes towards NATO among member states and some non-members of the alliance should give Western policy-makers a serious pause, says a Canadian defence and security expert. While NATO is generally seen in a positive light across… »
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A prehistoric ‘reaper of death’ discovered in Alberta
A new species of fearsome dinosaur has been discovered in Canada, the first in 50 years. Some 79 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous period, a fearsome apex predator roamed what is now Alberta. At the time it would… »
Health, International, Society
More cases of coronavirus on quarantined cruise ship in Japan
Japan’s health ministry has confirmed another 39 new cases of the coronavirus on the Diamond Princess cruise ship. The latest update means that there have been 174 confirmed cases of the virus, at least seven of which are Canadian. The… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous
Natural gas pipeline protest: potential for violence
Although the elected band councils have approved, the hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwets’en in northern British Columbia are against a gas pipeline across their traditional territory Other protests in sympathy continue to take place across the country. In northern B.C.… »
Canadian virtuoso Angela Hewitt’s grand piano destroyed by movers
Canadian virtuoso Angela Hewitt’s grand piano is no more. Movers dropped the $194,000 US concert piano while taking it out of a recording studio, Hewitt revealed in a Facebook post. “At the end of my most recent CD recording sessions… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Task force outlines recommendations for virtual health care in Canada
The Virtual Care Task Force (VCTF) has released a new report containing its recommendations for the expansion of virtual health care in Canada. Virtual health care is when a physician or medical professional interacts with their patient remotely, or through… »
Burkina Faso faces ‘astounding’ displacement crisis: report
Burkina Faso is facing one of the world’s fastest growing displacement crises threatening to engulf the entire West African country and spill over into neighbouring Ghana, Benin, Togo, and Cote d’Ivoire, warns a report by the U.S.-based NGO Refugees International.… »
Toronto: a costly city
So how much might it cost to live in Canada’s biggest urban city? The latest annual index calculated by LowestRates.ca gives an idea of what kind of salary you need to live there. For housing alone and based on an… »
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