Two groups have asked the federal government to review the use of strychnine and other poisons to control wolves, coyotes, skunks and black bears. The use of these products is restricted under Canada’s Pest Control Products Act. The federal government… »
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Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Highlights, Politics
Controversial pipeline project temporarily closed down over safety issues
Canada’s Trans Mountain Expansion project has been controversial since it was first proposed in 2013 by U.S,-based Kinder Morgan. The project known as TMX seeks to build a second approximately 1,100 kilometre pipeline along the route of an existing one.… »
Motor vehicle sales kept Canada’s retailers truckin’ in October
Canadian retailers continued to see their sales increase in October–for the sixth straight month, since the retail sales suffered a record tumble in April, at the start of the COVID-19 crisis. Figures released Friday by Statistics Canada for October show… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous
19 Fish farms to be phased out to help wild salmon
The Canada government will phase out 19 fish farms in the Discovery Islands off Canada’s west coast in a bid to stem the steep decline of wild salmon fish stocks that has been going on for decades. Wild salmon travel… »
Northwest Territories makes needed adjustments to avoid the pandemic
Medical associations and governments are notoriously particular about who gets to practice medicine in their bailiwick. Getting certified is never easy. Of course, that was before COVID. Things change. To wit: Skirting normal licensing procedures, the government of the Northwest… »
Despite their concerns, most Canadians would get a COVID-19 vaccine
Eight in 10 Canadians would get the COVID-19 shot in the next three months if they were eligible for it, according to a survey conducted just as the first vaccines were rolled out in Canada. Only 53 per cent of… »
Montreal-area performer wins a Guinness World Record
Professional dancer and circus performer Sarah Louis-Jean has been awarded a Guinness World Record for most floor taps with boleadoras in one minute. A bola or boleadora is a hunting weapon used in South America. It usually consists of two… »
Toronto police make a record multi-million dollar drug and gun seizure
A man with no previous criminal history has been charged in one of the biggest single gun and drug arrests in Toronto. Police say that 22 Division learned of drug trafficking in an otherwise peaceful neighbourhood in the municipality of… »
Canadian company to send PPE to northern Indigenous communities
The Canada Goose company plans to send 7,000 units of Canadian-made personal protective equipment to remote northern Inuit communities. Both reusable and disposable gowns will be shipped to frontline workers in Nunatsiavut, Nunavut and the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. These are… »
The great Berlin gold heist- update
It seemed like the perfect crime, and so easy. A few years ago, a giant 100 kg Canadian gold coin, with an estimated gold value of Eu 3.7 million, (C$5.8m) was on display in a Berlin museum. Then on March… »
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