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Boys more likely to stop smoking than girls
Adolescent boys who smoke are 80 percent more likely to stop the habit than girls, according to a new Canadian study published in a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Girls are...
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‘Dumpcano’ blows smelly smoke over Iqaluit
A fire at Iqaluit’s landfill is blowing so much foul-smelling smoke over the city, that it forced the closing of schools and prompted a health warning. This brave young Iqaluit resident sports a...
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Campaign wants fresh food back in Ontario hospitals
It’s time to bring back fresh food to hospitals in Ontario, says the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU). In May, the OCHU launched the Keep Hospitals Cooking campaign to pressure hospitals to...
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Hidden cash game becomes hidden weed hunt in Vancouver
A game which started with hidden cash in San Francisco evolved to hidden weed in Vancouver. At the end of May, anonymous benefactors hid money in envelopes and then used Twitter to distribute clues...
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U.S. transgender pianist found ‘salvation’ in Canada
As a male classical pianist, Sara Davis Buechner was praised and honored in her home country. She played with some of the most prestigious orchestras in the United States and was on the brink of a...
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Canada’s Immigration Minister hangs up when asked about Syrian refugees
Canada’s Immigration Minister Chris Alexander hung up when a radio host asked him some tough questions about Syrian refugees on Wednesday. Carol Off, host of CBC Radio’s As It Happens wanted to know...
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Toronto’s streetcars: brand new and… uncomfortable
Toronto’s new streetcars have many exciting cool features, but plenty of leg room for passengers isn’t one of them. The “Red Rockets”, as they are sometimes called, will only start to roll out at the...
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Changes to Canadian Citizenship Act ‘unconstitutional’, lawyer
A constitutional lawyer will challenge a provision of Bill C-24, introduced by the Conservatives, that would allow the government to strip Canadian citizenship from citizens born in Canada, if they are...
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Just like us: Crickets will dance and brag after winning a fight
Rebrodcast The short video is fascinating. Two male crickets are fighting, biting and pushing each other. After a final blow, the loser sulks away. The winning cricket on the other hand, brags, dances...
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“Morbid Ink” latest trend in Canadian tattoo parlours
Rebroadcast ListenTattoos containing human ashes are the latest trend in parlours in Canada. The practice known as “Morbid Ink” is being requested by customers who want to preserve the memory of...
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Toronto doctor defends Canadian health-care system in Washington
Dr. Danielle Martin explained the benefits of Canada’s health-care structure at a U.S. Senate committee in Washington on Tuesday. “We do not have uninsured residents. We do not have different qualities...
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Arctic Winter Games a once-in-a-lifetime experience for Inuit kids
64 young athletes from Nunavik, Que. are travelling to Fairbanks, Alaska this weekend to participate in the 21st Arctic Winter Games, an international sports competition for Northern athletes. They...
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Diamond mine closure is planned years ahead with sustainability in mind
When diamond Diavik mine in the Northwest Territories closes, enormous circular craters will be left in the tundra. But instead of leaving the land and surrounding areas permanently scarred by...
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Only one Canadian team at start of National Hockey League playoffs
The Montreal Canadiens will be getting a lot of attention from hockey fans all over the country in the following weeks. They are the only Canadian team to have qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs...
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Canada’s French and English-speaking co-operatives will now have ‘one voice’
Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada will represent 18 million members of co-ops and mutual associations in Canada. “We will have one voice, we often had two voices,” says Denise Guy, executive director of...
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Brain starts to slow down at 24, study suggests
The analysis of a group of people playing the popular strategy video game Starcraft 2 revealed that age-related brain performance starts declining at 24 years. Researchers at Simon Fraser University...
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Calgary means booming business for luxury real estate company
The number of luxury properties for sale in Calgary is on the rise, and Sotheby’s International Realty Canada wants to profit from that expanding market. After only two years in the area, the company...
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Quebec’s Eugenie Bouchard makes tennis history… once again
Quebec native tennis player Eugenie Bouchard is on a roll. On Tuesday she reached her second straight Grand Slam semi-final after defeating Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro in 3 sets at the French Open....
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Quebec transgender kids will have summer camp
A new summer camp in Quebec will offer a place for transgender, intersex and gender creative kids to relax, have fun and just be … kids. The Camp of Six Colors was created by Gender Creative Kids...
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Canadian unemployment rises to 7% in May
The Canadian jobs market has slowed down. Canada’s unemployment rate rose to 7.0% in May, 0.1 percentage point over the previous month, according to Statistics Canada. 25,800 jobs were created, but...
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