Canada will welcome 300,000 new immigrants in 2017, the same number as this year. The 2016 target was up from the previous years’ average to accommodate an influx of 33,000 Syrian refugees. A council of economic advisers had urged the… »
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Major food company going non-GMO
The Danone yogurt company of France, including it’s US subsidiary Dannon, announced it is moving toward reducing and eliminating genetically modified ingredients in its products in a three year programme. About the same time Dannon released its first non-GMO products … »
Economy, Immigration & Refugees, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Border post in automated experiment
The border crossing at Morses Line is a tiny operation that’s gone high tech to handle the traffic in slow periods. Described as a “sleepy border crossing” with fewer than 60 vehicles a day, there was a proposal at one… »
Hallowe’en tricks and treats tonight
Hallowe’en, the second most lucrative holiday in Canada after Christmas is in full swing today. Children across the country arrived at many schools dressed up as Batman and and Batgirl, Spiderman and scary cheerleaders, to name a few costumes. Two… »
Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Net neutrality before the CRTC
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is looking into complaints by many Canadians of unfair billing practices for internet service. The complaints were the catalyst for hearings this week at the commission’s headquarters in Gatineau, Quebec. David Christopher, of… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, Highlights, International
New regulations slowly coming for Arctic ship fuel
The world’s ships burn the lowest quality of fuel known often as bunker fuel. In the industry it’s known as heavy fuel oil (HFO). It emits substantial amounts of sulphur dioxide, and soot. The International Marine Organization (IMO) is the… »
Lawyers, media outraged that police spied on journalist
Police monitored the smartphone of a Montreal journalist in what his newspaper and media lawyers call a gross attack on freedom of the press. A police special investigations unit obtained at least 24 warrants from a justice of the peace… »
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Diabolical medieval witchcraft book in Canada
The fascinating story of Tinctor’s “foul treatise” from 1460 in Flanders and Burgundian France, and how it ended up in Canada Then student Rob Desjardins (PhD) discovered the hidden significance of the book in 2005 along with his supervisor at the… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
E-glasses give boy first-ever glimpse of mom
A blind boy was delighted to see clearly for the first time thanks to special glasses and he declared his mother had a big nose, reports CBC’s Austin Grabish. Ten-year-old Benny Francey, from the western city of Selkirk, Manitoba has… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Politics, Society
Indigenous chief seeks commitment over fuel spill
The chief of the Heiltsuk First Nation wants the government to make a commitment to help deal with effects of a diesel spill off Canada’s west coast, reports Canadian Press. A large diesel slick has spread from a sunken tugboat.… »
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