Canada produces about 5.5 million Christmas trees each year and the Nature Conservancy of Canada is concerned about how they are disposed of. After the trees are purchased, brought into homes and decorated for the Christmas season, they are eventually… »
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Highlights, International, Politics
Petition: Give Northwest Angle, Minnesota, back to Canada
It’s a tiny bit of the U.S.A. but really it’s in Canada. In fact you can’t get to this bit of Minnesota from the U.S. by road, you have to go through Canada, mostly through the province of Manitoba. In… »
The “dry January” movement
It’s a simple idea. After a period of perhaps heavy alcohol consumption during the Christmas holidays, take one month off and abstain completely from alcohol. Sue Vandermorris (PhD, C.Psych) says that going dry in January is a good idea because… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Highlights, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Canadian oil company fined (again) for migratory bird deaths
The Syncrude company operating in the western province of Alberta’s oilsands region, has been fined $2.7 million dollars for causing the deaths of 31 blue herons. A large containment pond for a mixture of bitumen, water and other chemical byproducts… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Another western storm follows ‘most destructive’
The western province of British Columbia is being hammered by another major storm hard on the heels of a storm called the most destructive in the history of the electrical utility, BC Hydro. Climate change cited The utility issued a… »
Worry about insomnia makes it worse, say experts
Not enough sleep and poor quality sleep are prevalent among Canadian adults, according to government statistics analysed in 2017. A report concluded about one-third of adults sleep fewer hours per night than what is recommended for good physical and mental… »
Highlights, International, Politics, Society
History Canada: Jan 3, 1947- The very first Canadian citizen
Sometimes it’s easy to forget that Canada is still a relatively young country. After achieving an outstanding reputation in the First World War, where Canadians were widely recognised as the best of the Allied troops, and after equally remarkable achievements… »
Doctors urge parents to have children immunized
Among the flood of suggested New Year’s resolutions comes one from pediatricians asking that parents resolve to have their children get all their vaccinations. Immunization is offered free of charge to all Canadian families to protect against a host of… »
Canada’s national police seek options to increase recruiting
(public commenting open below all RCI stories- comments posted after review by moderators) For over a decade, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have been looking at ways to increase recruiting. With graduates of the “Mountie” training facility often not… »
Internet, Science & Technology
Technology and you in 2019
“Tech” is growing everywhere, from increasing presence of smart phones, laptops, and tablets, to autonomous vehicles, to “smart” appliances and houses, and even entire communities. But with all this technology, and information about your own activity and habits, what about… »
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