The zoo in Bowmanville, Ontario, bills itself as the oldest private zoo in North America. Bowmanville is about 75 kilometres east of Canada’s biggest city, Toronto. The zoo began 97 years ago as an amusement park with a petting zoo.… »
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Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Anger plus heavy exertion raise risk of heart attack
A large international study found that respondents who did intense exercise in the hour after being angry or stressed had three times the risk of having a heart attack. The study led by researchers at McMaster University looked at 12,461… »
Environment & Animal Life, Highlights
Canada’s east coast: high winds, massive floods wreak havoc
It wasn’t hurricane Matthew, but it was however a low-pressure system created by the hurricane and that was plenty. Though not the actual hurricane, the winds were nonetheless over 100km/h over the region in many areas and were accompanied by… »
International, Politics, Society
Canada condemns deadly air strike in Yemen
Canada has joined the United States in a rare condemnation of a deadly air strike carried out by the U.S.-trained and equipped Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. On Saturday, an air strike on a funeral service in the rebel-held Sana’a killed… »
Immigration & Refugees, Politics
Liberals revoke citizenships at higher rate than Conservatives
The Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau government has been applying a controversial citizenship law passed by the previous Conservative government much more aggressively than the Tories who introduced it in the first place, a CBC analysis of government statistics… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
Gretzky book, ’99: Stories of the Game’, coming soon
Wayne Gretzky is a hero to many in Canada. The NHL hockey star has 60 league records, which still stand, 18 years after his retirement. He spent 20 seasons on the ice between 1979 and 1999, winning 4 Stanley Cups Known as the “Great One”,… »
Arts & Entertainment, Indigenous, Society
Inuit culture celebrated in St. John’s
Dozens of artists, elders, researchers and policy makers gathered in St. John’s this weekend for a scientific and cultural event featuring and celebrating Canada’s Inuit people. The Biennial Inuit Studies Conference 2016, which runs from Oct. 7 to 10 in… »
Economy, Health, International
Haiti in crisis following Hurricane Matthew
Haiti is in crisis in the wake of Hurricane Matthew which ravaged the island 6 days ago. Over 1,000 people died and several hundred thousand are now in dire straits facing a growing cholera outbreak. Tens of thousands of homes… »
Thanksgiving Holiday a welcome break
Thanksgiving Day, today, is a national holiday across most of Canada. The second Monday of October has been an official holiday for many Canadians since 1957. In south eastern Canada it coincides with the peak of the autumn colours, with… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Dance as good as music or better for brain functioning: study
Researchers in Concordia University’s Psychology Department have shown dance, as well as music, has a powerful effect on the brain, but in a very different way. Chiara Giacusa, a PhD candidate and the study’s lead author, said the study originated… »
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