In a wide ranging review of Canada’s Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) released last week, many recommendations were made for changes to the Act which has remained basically unchanged since 1999. Among them were recommendations regarding the introduction of genetically modified… »
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Immigration & Refugees, International
UN reports a record number of refugees
Since 2000, the number of people who have fled their homes has nearly doubled to 65.5 million, reports the UNHCR. It found that in 2016, one out of every two displaced people was a child. More than half of displaced… »
Report flags freight emissions as threat to Paris climate goals
Increasing freight means increasing greenhouse gas emissions and that could be “a major roadblock” to Canada’s pledge in the Paris Agreement to tackle climate change, according to the Pembina Institute. The energy think-tank prepared a report focusing on emissions from… »
Eye on the Arctic: Video Archive
In the days before mass media reached the remote corners of Canada, before Twitter and Facebook, the art and artists of Canada’s Arctic were the main conduit for northerners to communicate their culture and communities to the rest of the… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Broadband tax rejected, cell phone charges reduced
Broadband and internet services in Canada, like cell phone services are among the most expensive in the world. And today, a parliamentary committee’s recommendation that new taxes be applied to broadband service, was immediately rejected by the Prime Minister during… »
UNICEF flags poor health, violence among Canadian children
The United Nations Children’s Fund ranks Canada 25th out of 41 wealthy countries in child and youth well-being on its latest global report card, a spot that has not changed much in the last decade. UNICEF wants Canada to invest… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology
Canadian scientists discover how forests reduce ozone pollution
Canadian scientists have discovered how forests reduce the amount of surface ozone pollution by up to half, creating a new way for much more accurate air quality forecasts worldwide. The shaded and relatively stagnant air of the forest ecosystem modifies the… »
Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Politics, Society
Plastic bag forest: provincial ban movement in Newfoundland
Sheilagh O’Leary spent last Sunday with about 300 volunteers, picking up and cleaning up an area of St. John’s that’s littered with garbage and plastic bags. And once again, O’Leary, a city councillor who describes the bags as “the bane… »
Campaign seeks to force drug makers to reveal benefits to doctors
Canada’s opiate crisis has given new impetus to efforts to oblige pharmaceutical companies to report all benefits they confer on doctors. “There’s been some influence from drug industries to potentially prescribe drugs that may not be so clearly beneficial for… »
Arts & Entertainment, Indigenous, Society
Griffin Poetry Prizes 2017: ‘Injun’ and ‘Falling Awake’
The Griffin Poetry Prize for a Canadian work went to Jordan Abel for his most recent collection entitled ‘Injun’. “This is a win for all the people who fought, and continue to fight against, appropriation and against the architecture of… »
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