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China, defence strategy & art: Arctic week in Review

Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North   On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this week: – Blogger Mia Bennett takes a two-part »

Health, Internet, Science & Technology, Society

Scientists urged to stop relying on self-reports

People are notoriously bad at accurately reporting what they eat and how much they exercise, so scientists should stop basing their research on self-reporting, says an article in the International Journal of Obesity. And people should take with a grain »

Arts & Entertainment

Documentary: The Antibiotic Hunters

Writer-director Bruce Mohun with a 3-toed sloth during filming of “The Antibiotic Hunters” © Dreamfilm.ca We’re running out of drugs to combat increasingly deadly bacteria. The drugs we have are losing their effectiveness, meaning infections that were previously easily controllable, could »

Arts & Entertainment

Poetry- two very different Canadian styles- GE Clarke, Al Purdy

On this edition, poetry, a form of expression that can evoke all kinds of emotions from longing, to sadness, to love of course, joy, and philosophical thought. Today a little later an interesting take on a poem by one of »

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Politics Today – February 22, 2015

On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reviews this past week’s debates over the Canadian government’s proposed new anti-terrorism legislation, the report of the Parliamentary Budget Office on the cost of the Canadian military mission in Iraq, and »

Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics, Society

Alaska policy, oil exports and moose threats – Arctic week in Review

Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North   On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this week: – Alaska passes legislation outlining the state’s Arctic »

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Politics Today – February 15, 2015

On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reports on a full political week which included a government Member of Parliament defecting to join the opposition Liberals, a mini-cabinet shuffle after the resignation of Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, »

Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International, Politics, Society

Shipping, Russia and reality TV : Arctic week in review

Eye on the Arctic brings you stories and newsmakers from across the North   On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this week: – New guidelines on polar shipping focus »

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Politics Today – February 8, 2015

On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reports on the sudden resignation of Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird. He also reports on a failed attempt to restore Canada’s long form census, the controversy over the largest military »