In the run up to the United Nations climate change conference in Paris (November 30- December 11), Eye on the Arctic spoke to different leaders from across Canada’s North. In this interview series we explore how climate change is affecting… »
Highlights / Your Columns
Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Heart, stroke: family history is important for you
One-third of Canadians have close relatives who have had heart attacks or strokes, but many have not talked to their doctors about their own increased risk. The Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation is on a campaign to get them to… »
Trudeau’s summit diplomacy marathon
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives in Antalya, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015 for the upcoming G-20 summit. The 2015 G-20 Leaders Summit will be held near the Turkish Mediterranean coastal city of Antalya on Nov. 15-16, 2015. © Okan Ozer… »
War Story Afghanistan: Documentary director Barry Stevens
Canada’s involvement in the war in Afghanistan was as long as both the First and Second World Wars combined. Barry Stevens is co-executive producer and directed the series called War Story-Afghanistan, the fourth in a series of documentaries on Canada’s… »
Environment & Animal Life, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Tagging endangered belugas to find winter habitat
A non-profit group is tagging beluga whales in the St. Lawrence River to try to find out where they spend the winter and further the goal of preventing their decline. Two of the small white whales have been tagged so far… »
How will Canada’s foreign policy change under Stéphane Dion?
Minister of Foreign Affairs Stephane Dion speaks to the media and Department of Foreign Affairs staff following a cabinet meeting at foreign affairs headquarters in Ottawa on Friday, November 6, 2015. © PC/Sean Kilpatrick When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named Stephane… »
Indigenous, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
New tool tranlsates Inuit syllabics into Latin alphabet
A Canadian technology company has created a Google extension that will allow people to convert Inuit language syllabics into Roman orthography. Pinnguaq, a company based in the community of Pangnirtung in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, developed the extension… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology
Leishmania parasite study could help find vaccine
Research lead by McGill University has found an important mechanism behind leishmaniasis, a sometimes deadly parasitic disease transmitted by sandflies. The researchers found that molecules known as exosomes boost the ability of the parasite to infect humans and other mammals.… »
The macabre and ghostly of WWI- Tim Cook-author
Award-winning military historian and author Tim Cook © via CBC With the spooky Hallowe’en just passed, here’s a look back at another type of scary story. except, it’s real..or at least believed to be real.. Noted author and historian Tim Cook… »
International, Politics, Society
Canada blamed for lack of rigour in investigating claims of civilian casualties in Iraq
As Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau prepares to officially pull Canada out of the U.S.-led bombing campaign against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, new troubling allegations about the civilian death toll from the coalition airstrikes have come to light.… »
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