MONTREAL — A major conference on the challenges climate change poses for doing impact assessments,wound up in Canada on Friday. Delegates from around the world gathered for the four-day event, but the North got a day-long spotlight during the conference’s Arctic-Nordic forum on doing assessments… »
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Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics, Society
Remove obstacles to reuniting refugee families, ask advocates
The immigration department has a program which enables Canadians and permanent residents to sponsor family members to come to Canada, but things are often more difficult for refugees. The Canadian Council for Refugees wants the Canadian government to give equal… »
Coming up, a new, slightly fresher version of Canada’s national anthem.
Sometimes entitled O! Canada, O Canada!, or just O Canada, this country’s national anthem has had a bit a winding path. To start with, unlike most countries anthems, it comes in two languages. Indeed there is currently a bit of… »
International, Politics, Society
Gas attacks in Syria called ‘the new normal’
There has been an increasing number of gas attacks in Syria and the world must stop what has become ‘a new normal,’ according to a coalition of humanitarian groups. The founder of the American Relief Coalition for Syria says medical… »
International, Politics, Society
Amnesty International calls for UN action on Syrian gas attacks
Russia must stop blocking United Nations action against chemical attacks in Syria, says Amnesty International. World leaders have reacted with shock and horror after dozens of people, many of them children, died from poisonous gas in northern Syria early Tuesday… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Cell phone spying discovered around Canada’s Parliament
Perhaps it shouldn’t have been surprising at all, but it was. A Canadian Broadcasting Corporation investigation detected cell phone spying in the national capital around Canada’s Parliament, Defence Headquarters, other government buildings, and near the US and Israeli embassies. Michel… »
International, Politics, Society
Canadian-Ukrainian defence deal could open doors to weapons sales to Kyiv
Ukraine’s quest to get access to sophisticated Western weapons and defence technologies to fight Russian-backed rebels in the eastern part of the country got a step closer with a defence co-operation agreement signed in Ottawa earlier this week. The bilateral… »
Canadian NGO wins Google grant to build ‘Wikipedia of Inuit knowledge’
A Canadian NGO working with Inuit and Cree communities in the rapidly changing Hudson Bay region is one of five winners of the $5-million Google.org Impact Challenge. The Arctic Eider Society’s SIKU project to harness and preserve Inuit traditional knowledge… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, Society
Groups want restrictions on pesticide in drinking water
Several health and environmental groups are expressing “deep concern” that Canadian officials decided to not ban the pesticide atrazine which is present in some drinking water. The chemical is widely used on corn and sorghum crops across Canada. It is… »
Designing small living spaces for the new reality
Could you live in a space about the size of an average house living room? In Canada’s major cities, the cost of housing whether for homes, condos or even rental apartments, is increasing beyond the scope of many people. … »
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