A new study confirms that Canada has a problem with the mislabelling of seafood, but also that the problem exists throughout the supply chain. Researchers at the University of Guelph in Ontario collected 203 samples from multiple points and found… »
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Joe Schlesinger dies, leaving a legacy few will match
Canada lost an important part of her history on Monday. Joe Schlesinger died. He wasn’t really famous, though he appeared a lot on television. He wasn’t especially pompous, though his body of work might have given him cause to be… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics, Society
The biggest threat to the world’s biggest creatures is hunting
We are eating them to extinction A new report says while pollution and habitat loss are still serious threats to the world’s creatures, hunting is the biggest threat to their survival. Boris Worm (PhD) is a professor of marine biology… »
Abuse in amateur sports back in the headlines
Canada’s public broadcaster, CBC, has revealed that over the last 20 years at least 222 coaches involved in amateur sports have been convicted of sexual offences. The cases have involved more than 600 victims under 18 years old. In the… »
Health, International, Society
The Capital City Condors: a team to root for, really root for
Anyone who doubts the importance of the lessons hockey can teach–at least when it’s run by people who really get it–needs only to take a look at the Capital City Condors. Based in Ottawa, the Condors were founded 11 years… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health
Book warns about chemicals in everyday objects
Plastics are everywhere and while there is concern about their disposal, two authors are warning about the chemicals they may contain. Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie have updated a book they wrote ten year ago called Slow Death By Rubber… »
Canadian agencies help women in humanitarian disasters
Women in humanitarian disasters are affected differently and leading Canadian aid agencies are working to address their needs. February 3, 2019 marked the beginning of International Development Week and the theme this year is “Together for Gender Equality.” Women face… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, International, Politics, Society
A gorgeous Down East town grapples with an ugly industrial legacy
Things are getting downright ugly in the gorgeous Newfoundland and Labrador community of St. Mary’s. An unbearable smell fills the air. How unbearable? “It’s hard to explain the smell to you,” says the town’s voluntary deputy mayor, Steve Ryan, to… »
Remembering a mensch named Paul Dewar
Paul Dewar died Wednesday morning. The news hit me hard. I never met Dewar, knew him only from television. He was a politician, represented a riding in Ottawa. Say that word polltiican and and a lot of people roll their… »
Medically assisted dying in Canada: seeking better rules
The issue of assisted dying in Canada has long been a very delicate one, for all involved including politicians, the legal system, medical staff and of course the individuals. The latest case involved a Nova Scotia woman who had been… »
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