An aerial count of one the most important caribou herds in northwestern Canada and Alaska completed in July has shown a near doubling of its population, delighting conservationists and Indigenous communities that depend on the animals to supplement their diets. The… »
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Canadian fighters finish Romanian mission
Not a “show of force”, a Canadian contingent of jet fighters was more a demonstration of NATO co-operation as well as being visible response to Russian aggression in Ukraine. The mission by Canadian planes and personnel, which is now ended, involved… »
Actresses allege theatre icon is a serial sexual predator
Four women have filed sexual and harassment lawsuits against Albert Schultz, a founding artistic director of the Soulpepper Theatre Company in Toronto and a powerful player in Canada’s theatre community. These are not criminal suits but civil charges levelled against… »
Internet, Science & Technology
Arctic rocks yield answers to billion-year-old mystery
A billion-year-old fossilized algae found in sediment rock deposits in the Canadian Arctic is believed to be the oldest known direct ancestor of modern plants and animals, according to new a study by scientists at McGill University published in the… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
A new weapon against breast cancer: virus
There is no doubt that breast cancer is a potentially deadly disease. It is estimated that 26,300 women and 230 men in Canada will have been diagnosed with breast cancer and almost 5000 women and 43 men will have died… »
New shingles vaccine protects against excruticating pain
Most Canadians born before 1995 have had chicken pox and are at risk of developing the horribly painful disease, shingles. But a new vaccine offers an over 90 per cent chance of preventing shingles. ‘Terrible’ nerve pain can last weeks,… »
Improve sleep: a valuable New Year’s resolution
Poor sleep can not only leave you feeling lousy, emotional and low on energy, it can also make you more vulnerable to high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes and mental health problems, say sleep experts. So, improving one’s slumber could be… »
Arts & Entertainment, Health, Indigenous, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Emma Mogus keeps trying to make the world a better place
It’s hazy and bitter cold here in Montreal on this Jan. 2. Emma Mogus is seen in 2016 with her creation, the Tongue-Interface-Communication (TiC), a tongue controlled computer mouse. © CP Photo/Chris Young No matter. Today, I get to partake in… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
As 2018 begins, please join us to savour some touches of beauty
“Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world,” wrote Percy Bysshe Shelly. David Calderisi is one of Canada’s most accomplished actors. © Courtesy: David Calderisi As we look back on another year that has seen more than its share of heartbreak… »
Arts & Entertainment, International, Society
Leonard Cohen honoured in BJM’s ‘Dance Me’
Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal (BJM) has a beautiful new show, an homage to the city’s bard, Leonard Cohen. Since his death, at the age of 82 in November 2016, there has been an outpouring of honours and memoirs to Cohen,… »
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