As the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) turns 61, it is preparing to confront new threats that include a new generation of long-range and more accurate Russian cruise missiles, hypersonic weapons, as well as drones, says NORAD deputy commander… »
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Environment & Animal Life, Highlights, Indigenous, International
A curse of the lost Franklin expedition?
The small Inuit community of Gjoa Haven is reeling from a spate of recent deaths in the community. In a two-week period, an accident with an ATV claimed two lives, a father and son drowned, a local school teacher had… »
Ottawa offers $1.6B boost for Alberta’s ailing energy sector
The federal government is promising more than $1.6 billion to support Alberta’s ailing oil and gas sector as the province struggles to recover from an oil glut and diversify its export markets beyond the United States. Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
New smartphone app helps in treating wounds
More and more people in the industrialized world are suffering from wounds that become chronic because populations there are ageing and there is a higher incidence of diabetes and obesity. A new app piloted in Montreal may improve the situation… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Discovery of lingering effects of anti-depressants across generations
Researchers in Ottawa have been studying the effects of a common anti-depressant, Prozac, on the environment. When people take Prozac or other pharmaceuticals, some of it passes out of the body into sewage systems to waste treatment plants, and then… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Don’t gift exotic pets, urges non-profit
World Animal Protection is urging people to not give or ask for exotic animals for Christmas. A survey suggests that 10 per cent of Canadians own such animals with freshwater fish as the most common one followed by exotic birds,… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, Highlights, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Old bread to new beer-reducing waste for a good cause
A charity organisation and a brewery in Alberta are the latest to get into a recent form of “recycling”. The Calgary-based Leftovers Foundation gets donations of food and also of day-old bread from local bakeries which they provide to their… »
Economy, Internet, Science & Technology
Amazon announces 600 new tech jobs in Toronto
Internet retail giant Amazon announced Tuesday that it plans to expand its Toronto Tech Hub and create 600 new tech jobs in software development, machine learning, cloud computing, digital advertising, and artificial intelligence. Amazon has opened a new 113,000 square… »
Patient discharge from hospital at Christmas more risky: study
People in hospital may long to go home for Christmas but a new study suggests that would put them at higher risk of death or a return to hospital. The University of Toronto study looked at the records of patients… »
Realtor association projects double-digit decline in home sales in 2018
National home sales are projected to post a double-digit decline in 2018, falling to the lowest level in five years despite Canada’s growing population and record low unemployment, according to the latest forecast released Monday by the Canadian Real Estate… »
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