The fact is that most people give very little thought to where their food comes from, or who’s producing it. Filmmaker Kelsey van Moorsel is from a farming background in Alberta and found that many people in the urban centres…»
Highlights / Alberta
Economy, Environment, International, Internet, Science and Technology
Sniffer dogs now detecting crop disease
We know that dogs have a vastly superior sense of smell compared to humans. They have up to 300 million olfactory sensors in the nose compared to our roughly six million. The part of their brain which analyses smell is…»
Western Canadian separatist group applies for federal party status
A separatist political movement calling for the Western Canadian province of Alberta to leave Canada has begun the process to become a federal political party, CBC News reports. Elections Canada has received Wexit Alberta’s application and has begun the verification…»
Alberta tables austerity budget to rein in spending
Alberta’s United Conservative Party says it plans to cut public sector jobs, end the freeze on post-secondary tuition, chop municipal funding and delay infrastructure projects in hopes of returning the oil-rich Western Canadian province to a balanced budget by 2023.…»
Trudeau vows to complete controversial oil pipeline
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says completing the expansion of the controversial Trans Mountain Pipeline project “as soon as possible” remains one of the top priorities of his minority government as he seeks to reassure voters in Alberta and Saskatchewan that…»
Economy, Environment, International, Politics
Canada involved in two U.S. environmental lawsuits
In 2013, the U.S state of California engaged in a cap-and-trade carbon emissions trading deal with the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Ontario backed out of the deal in 2018 with a change in the provincial government. Now Quebec finds…»
Arts and Entertainment, Health, International, Society
Documentary: Breaking Loneliness
Being lonely in a world of people has sometimes been labelled an epidemic in modern society. Brandy Yanchyck explored loneliness in a new documentary that looks at how some people have found new meaning, purpose and the needed personal connections…»
Economy, Environment, International, Internet, Science and Technology
Oil companies explore loophole in shipping restriction
A Canadian law passed in June prevents Alberta oilsands crude being shipped from the British Columbia terminals along Canada’s northern Pacific coastline. This was due to fears of the environmental damage if there was an oil spill. But a test…»
Federal Court grants B.C. injunction against Alberta’s turn-off-the-taps law
The Federal Court has granted the British Columbia government a temporary injunction against Alberta’s turn-off-the-taps legislation, which would allow the landlocked energy-rich province to cut shipments of oil and gas to jurisdictions that oppose pipeline projects. The Alberta bill was…»
Economy, Health, International, Religion
Quebec rules for safety over turbans, religious beliefs
After years of litigation that began in 2006, the highest court in the province of Quebec has ruled workplace safety comes before religious beliefs. The ruling concerns Sikh truckdrivers who had challenged a requirement to wear safety helmets when leaving…»
