Sir John Franklin set off in 1845 leading an expedition from England to find the elusive Northwest Passage to the Orient in the high Canadian Arctic. Franklin and the 133 officers and sailors aboard HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, were… »
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Suspected of neo-Nazi ties, reservist is dismissed from Canadian Forces
A military reservist suspected having ties to neo-Nazi groups has been fired from the Canadian Forces. Master Cpl. Patrik Mathews, a member of the Winnipeg-based 38 Canadian Brigade Group, faced allegations he may have been involved with The Base, an… »
Meet the trailblazing female Canadian general bound for Iraq
In 1986, Jennie Carignan was a bored teenager looking to do something challenging with her life. So she decided to join the Canadian Armed Forces and enroll at the Royal Military College of Canada. She was among the first women… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Insecticide effect on wild bees
Neonicotinoids, one of the most popular insecticides in agricultural use worldwide, has often been claimed as a major factor in commercial bee colony collapse. The vast majority of research has focussed on “neonics” and honeybees, as they nest in colonies… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Challenge to remove sunken and abandoned B.C. boats continues unabated
Conservative estimates place the number of abandoned boats along Canada’s West Coast at around 1,400. Don’t quote that number to John Roe. Roe, a retired motorcycle mechanic and industrial welder, is the leader of the Dead Boat Disposal Society, which… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
New study shows trees attacked by insects warn their relatives
Unlike the tree-like Ents in the Harry Potter film that have a language, trees don’t actually talk of course, but new research shows they do have a way of communicating with each other. It is the first study to show… »
Freeland to travel to Cuba for talks on Venezuela crisis
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland will travel to Havana on Aug. 28 to discuss the situation in Venezuela with her Cuban counterpart and find ways toward a peaceful resolution of the ongoing crisis, officials with Global Affairs Canada said Tuesday.… »
Environment & Animal Life, International
U.S. ratifies moratorium on fishing in High Arctic seas
The United States has become the fourth jurisdiction after Canada, the European Union and Russia to ratify a landmark international agreement that aims to prevent unregulated commercial fishery in the high seas of the Central Arctic Ocean, officials at the… »
If this is Tuesday, you’re likely banging on all eight…or not
Actually, it kind of makes total sense when you think about it. And, please, think about this TODAY! I’m talking about a new survey conducted on behalf of the staffing firm Accountemps that suggests that 35 per cent of survey respondents… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics
U.N. intervenes in Canadian deportation case
The case involves a former child refugee who came to Canada in 1994 at age10 after having fled Somalia with his mother and sister. He was later taken into foster care in Ontario, but by age 16 he was living… »
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