Imagine the shock to learn your son or daughter, who grew up watching cartoons, playing with friends, enjoying sports and music, suddenly, very suddenly, disappeared. Then later you discover they have joined ISIS and are fighting as extremist jihadis in… »
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Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Indigenous, Society
Canadian Guild of Crafts celebrates 110 years of indigenous art
The Canadian Guild of Crafts in Montreal, Quebec is a non-profit organization that works to promote the art of Inuit and First Nations in Canada. They’ve played an important role in the development of First Nations and Inuit art in… »
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Ken Dalgarno-artist inspired by nature in Saskatchewan
There is certainly no lack of fantastic subjects in Canada for artists. Mostly however nature artists have focussed on Ontario’s often wild northern forests and lakes, and on the magnificence of our Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and the Rocky mountains.… »
Arts & Entertainment, Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Frances Backhouse: Non-Fiction: “Once they were hats- in search of the mighty beaver”
Mighty, could seem like an odd word to describe the beaver, an odd, mostly nocturnal distant member of the rodent family. However, words like fascinating, amazing, intriguing, would surely fit. Beavers earn their keystone species credentials by creating vital habitat… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Clean energy investment up except in Canada
With the price of oil down it was expected that investment in clean energy projects would decline, but instead it soared around the world except in Canada, according to a new report. The climate and energy think tank called Clean… »
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As of Feb. 27, 25,000 Syrian refugees have arrived in Canada. 50,000 refugees will be welcomed by the end of December 2016
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George Elliot Clarke- “the Motorcyclist” novel
George Elliot Clarke is a man of many words. Staunchly proud of his “africadian” roots in Nova Scotia, Clarke has gone from literary success to literary success. His latest work is a novel loosely based on the life of his… »
International, Politics, Society
Lessons from Norway’s Russia assessment
An annual intelligence assessment, which in large part focuses on Russia’s actions in the Arctic, released by Norway’s foreign intelligence service last week is drawing a lot of interest among defence and security experts in circumpolar countries, including Canada. The… »
Economy, Immigration & Refugees, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society, Your Columns
Arctic Profile: Running Tromso – the successes and the challenges
Arctic Profiles is an occasional Eye on the Arctic series where we check in with different Arctic regions to take the temperature of the current political, business or social climate. In this instalment, we’ve turned our attention to the Arctic… »
International, Politics, Society
Ottawa mulls role in stabilizing Libya
It looks increasingly like Canada will take part in what is likely to be a dangerous peacemaking operation in Libya. Speaking to reporters at the Conference on Security and Defence in Ottawa on Friday Chief of the Defence Staff Gen.… »
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