Canada has a big bulge of population born after World War II and now around retirement age, and a new book suggests this will be a major problem for government if they are “bored, unhealthy, dissatisfied and broke.” “Victory Lap… »
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Victoria Day and the ‘Mothers of Confederation’
Victoria Day is the occasion for the holiday many Canadians are enjoying today, at least in central and western Canada. The Atlantic provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador do not celebrate. And, in… »
Anti-Hitler diatribe by Führer’s nephew turns vintage magazine into collector’s item
An anonymous Canadian collector has paid at least $950 US for a vintage American magazine containing six yellowing pages titled Why I Hate My Uncle. The story in a 1939 copy of Look magazine, at the time a rival of… »
Economy, Indigenous, International, Society
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… »
Seniors’ homes must change to handle increasing rates of dementia
Every year, over 1,000 seniors in long-term residential care are victimized by aggressive fellow residents or harmed by neglect. Some abuse derives from the fact that more people in seniors’ residences have some form of cognitive impairment. The case of… »
Is democracy threatened?
Ryan Alford (PhD) has practiced law in the US and Canada, is now a professor at Lakehead University (Ontario) and author. © Lakehead University (video interview below) The most powerful nation on Earth is, and has been for some time, the… »
Eating habits reflect changes in Canadian society
A new study shows big differences in how Canadians eat depending on their gender, generation and incomes. Researchers at Dalhousie University surveyed 1,019 people over 18 years old across all the provinces for three weeks in April. Many women, low-income… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Artificial intelligence may help diagnose tuberculosis in Canada’s remote communities
Artificial intelligence systems that have been trained to identify tuberculosis on chest X-rays could help combat the potentially deadly disease in remote areas, particularly in Canada’s northern communities that suffer from high prevalence of TB and have limited access to… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Ancient ice: drill cores tell of Arctic climate thousands of years ago
In the 1980’s scientists drilled down more than a kilometre into an Arctic ice cap. The resulting core samples date back to the Holocene period ranging up to 12,000 years ago. What scientists have now discovered using new technology to… »
Auditor general too calls for change in national police
Canada’s auditor general has added his voice to the call for change within the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The role of the auditor general is to collect information and expert advice on government programs and activities through audits. It then… »
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