For those who experienced the war, there were horrors, and too often, desperate actions taken to ensure survival that required secrecy. Millions of families were torn apart. An emotionally powerful new documentary film follows two children of war as they… »
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Arts & Entertainment, Environment & Animal Life, International
Red foxes spread to cities, make good neighbours: documentary
A new documentary features beautiful shots of red foxes and rare footage of newborn pups in their dens. The film called Fox Tales aired on the public broadcaster, CBC, last week and it shows red foxes spreading around the globe.… »
Documentary film: controversial grizzly trophy hunting
The Grizzly Truth. Yes it’s about bears, magnificent, huge, powerful bears. But they’re not the unpredictable killing machines so often portrayed, nor are there even that many of them left. A new documentary looks at the various myths surrounding… »
Legend of Canadian Pacific- author Barry Lane
Today one might call it a “fully integrated travel provider”. As such, it was also the biggest in the world. It is a fantastic tale of a uniquely Canadian company, Canadian Pacific, and a new large coffee table type book… »
Culture: Erasing hate in Montreal
It began with a large spray-painted Nazi Hakenkreuz (sanskrit- svastika) that he spotted while driving to a job. Corey Fleischer operates a power-washing graffiti removal service in Montreal, but the image bothered him all day. Later he drove back to… »
Doc film-The complex and often controversial issue of surrogacy
A new documentary explores the complex issue surrounding couples who can’t have children and surrogate motherhood. Nick Orchard of Soapbox Films in Vancouver is the director of “Having Our Baby: The Surrogacy Boom” Nick Orchard, director *Having Our Baby* © Soapbox… »
UNICEF counts on continued Canadian generosity in 2017
As Canada’s International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau toured projects and programs for Syrian refugees in Jordan earlier this week, officials with the United Nations children’s agency said they counted on Canada’s continued generosity. The need is great. More than 13.4… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International
Canada – U.K. Arctic music & policy show looks to build bridges
Ask the average person in the South what they know about the Arctic and things like ‘ice’ or ‘polar bears’ usually top the list. But a new radio show launched this month wants to help change that. Dispatch, from the Cold Front comes… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Unique ecosystems protected in St. Lawrence River
A non-profit conservation group has acquired three new pieces of land in the St. Lawrence River enabling it to protect some unique ecosystems that are home to vulnerable species of plants and animals. They add to areas already protected by… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Canada should adopt seafood traceability rules, says group
The European Union and other jurisdictions have rules to ensure that seafood comes from sustainable sources and is caught through fair practices. But there has been fraud. In response, the United States has issued new traceability rules. Consumers should know… »
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