Sports figures from across Canada are meeting in Ottawa to seek solutions to a growing problem: sexual abuse and other mistreatment of Canadian athletes. In attendance are are athletes, coaches and leaders from some 170 sports federations. The meeting follows… »
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Excess weight a growing cause of preventable cancer
Tobacco is by far the leading cause of preventable cancer in Canada, according to a study funded by the Canadian Cancer Society. Next is inactivity followed by excess weight. But overweight and obesity are projected to become the second leading… »
Caster Semenya controversy felt in Canada
Debate–mostly passionate, often heated and sometimes vitrolic–continues in both Canada and around the world over a ruling last week at the Court of Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland that rejected two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya’s appeal against the… »
Economy, Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics, Society
(interview) Criticism over government handling of Canada’s refugee claims
Canada’s Auditor-General, Sylvain Ricard, released a report yesterday that was critical of several aspects of government, among them the handling of asylum seekers. With a huge increase in asylum seekers entering into Canada from the U.S. at “irregular” crossing points,… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Politics, Society
U.N. report: Dire warnings on biodiversity and future of humanity (interview)
A million species could disappear That dire warning comes from the latest extensive report from the United Nations. They gathered scientists from around the world to contribute to the first comprehensive report on the state of the world’s biodiversity. The… »
Release of Myanmar journalists lauded by UN, human rights groups
After more than 500 days behind bars, Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were pardoned and released from prison in Myanmar on May 7, 2010. The UN human rights office praised the release but said a “very dire… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Canadian research into childhood brain cancer- new discovery
Brain tumours are the leading cause of non-accidental death in children. Tragically there is little that can be done once the cancer begins such that a majority of cases are fatal. Unfortunately as well, little is known about these cancers… »
Health, International, Society
HIV study results great for individuals and society, say advocates
A European study marks real progress in the effort to reduce the spread HIV and the stigma around it, say activists. The study included 1,000 gay male couples where one partner had HIV and was taking antiretroviral therapy and the… »
Women’s shelters do more with less, seek help
Canada has 550 shelters for women and children fleeing violence and 75 per cent of them are not funded adequately to do life-saving work, according to a report by the umbrella group, Women’s Shelters Canada. It says that in Canada,… »
Women’s decisions on having babies changed dramatically
Government statistics show that the fertility rate of Canadian women under 30 dropped dramatically between 2000 and 2017 and it went up for women age 30 and older. “A lot is changing and it’s changing very quickly,” says Ron Kneebone… »
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