The Highway of Heroes Living Tribute is its official title, and this year marks its first anniversary. The idea came from a group of tree-lovers, who had witnessed the spontaneous tributes that developed along Highway 401, during Canada’s involvement in… »
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Canadian Navy to investigate mysterious find at the bottom of Pacific Ocean
The Royal Canadian Navy is preparing to dispatch one of its warships later this month to investigate a mysterious object found by an intrepid diver in the waters off the coast of British Columbia. Sean Smyrichinsky found the mystery object during… »
Economy, Health, Indigenous, Society
Eye on the Arctic: Video Archive
In the run up to the launch of Eye on the Arctic’s next multimedia project this winter, we’ve dug into our archives to bring you some of our most popular videos from past projects. Today, we bring you Caring for our… »
Government to reduce mandatory minimum sentences
The Liberal government elected in late 2015 is planning to roll back some of its predecessors tough-on-crime legislation including some mandatory minimum sentences. Judges used to have very wide discretion when sentencing people found guilty of most crimes, murder being… »
Judge slams spy agency for keeping data illegally
Federal Court Justice Simon Noel sharply criticized the domestic spy agency, CSIS, for illegally keeping electronic data on people even though they posed no security threat. Noel said the intelligence service was not truthful with judges who were called on… »
Canadian economy adds 44,000 jobs in October
The Canadian economy added 44,000 jobs in October, surprising economists who had expected Canada to shed anywhere between 10,000 and 15,000 jobs. Most of the gains came as a result of more part-time work, Statistics Canada reported. The economy added… »
Ottawa aims to lower airfares by bolstering competition
The federal government plans to nearly double the cap on foreign ownership of Canadian airlines and adopt a passenger bill of rights in a bid to bring down fares and protect consumer rights of air travellers. The proposed legislation would… »
Leader says feds are not tracking journalists’ phones
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today that reporters’ mobile phones are not being tracked at the federal level. He said he received assurances to that effect from the heads of the national police force, the RCMP, and the domestic spy… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
The “dry” tropical forests are dying.
A scientist based at the University of Alberta will be travelling to the major international climate summit in Morocco for COP-22. Arturo Sanchez research is focussed on the little studied area of the world’s “dry” tropical forests and their role… »
Economy, International, Politics
Liberals introduce legislation to ratify free trade deal with Ukraine
Fresh on the heels of signing a landmark free trade agreement with the European Union, the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has introduced legislation to implement a far less controversial free trade deal with Ukraine. “We are one step… »
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