Canada is a northern country, where several months of cold is a fact of life. Certainly a major part of winter in Canada has been outdoor skating. Creating a backyard rink for the kids has been a part of that,… »
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Opioids offer little benefit for most chronic pain: study
A Canadian review of 96 clinical trials suggests that few people suffering from non-cancer pain for longer than three months would derive much benefit from taking opioids like Percocet or Oxycet. Compared to people using a placebo, those who take… »
Health, Internet, Science & Technology
New smartphone app helps in treating wounds
More and more people in the industrialized world are suffering from wounds that become chronic because populations there are ageing and there is a higher incidence of diabetes and obesity. A new app piloted in Montreal may improve the situation… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, Internet, Science & Technology
Discovery of lingering effects of anti-depressants across generations
Researchers in Ottawa have been studying the effects of a common anti-depressant, Prozac, on the environment. When people take Prozac or other pharmaceuticals, some of it passes out of the body into sewage systems to waste treatment plants, and then… »
New law will mean more drunk driving tests
A new law goes into effect on Dec. 18, 2018 that means police will no longer need to have ‘reasonable suspicion” before conducting a breathalyzer test for alcohol. Police have the right to stop vehicles for such things as a… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics, Society
COP-24: What accomplishments?
The United Nations Climate Change Conference is the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) has ended in Katowice, Poland. In attendance was Binnu Jeyakumar, Director of Clean Energy at Pembina Institute… »
Road safety should be standardized to save children: researchers
In Canada, each province or territory is responsible for its own rules of the road and they differ from place to place. Researchers say it would reduce death and hospitalization among young Canadians if there were just one code for… »
A second Canadian arrested in China as Canada-China spat heats up
It is now known that two Canadians working in China were both arrested on Monday. It was first announced that Michael Korvig who was working as an expert on Asian affairs for the International Crisis Group, had been detained, and… »
Domestic homicide is predictable, preventable: report
A new report found that 476 people died in Canada between 2010 and 2015 as a result of domestic violence. Most of the victims were women, but so were men and children. Of the perpetrators, 86 per cent were men… »
Women’s fight for human rights highlighted in 2018
Amnesty International warns that this year “tough guy” leaders who push misogynistic, xenophobic and homophobic policies are jeopardizing freedoms and rights that were won long ago. On this the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Amnesty International… »
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