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Trade deal could make some drugs inaccessible: MSF
A medical humanitarian agency is warning that the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) could mean drug prices will go up, and that could lead to more suffering and death for millions of people in developing...
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Report urges more protection for Great Lakes
“Enormous strides” have been made in protecting the Great Lakes at the heart of North America, says a report from the International Joint Commission (IJC), but more needs to be done to meet emerging...
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A call for water funding and a dedicated minister
March 22 is World Water Day. It is also budget day in Canada and the Council of Canadians is calling on the government to budget $7.4 billion to expand the protection of water. The citizens’ group...
View ArticleShipwrecks must be better protected: archaeologist
A leading marine archaeologist says Canada needs a national strategy to protect underwater wrecks, reports Canadian Press. Rob Rondeau told CP shipwrecks are “kind of the poor cousin to on-land...
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Development plans for national parks alarm watchdog
Listen A major conservation group says there has been a dramatic shift from protecting national parks to developing them for tourism and this, at the expense of the very nature they were created to...
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Nuclear scientists want to safely speak out
Scientists who work for Canada’s nuclear regulatory body want their union to negotiate guarantees they will not be sanctioned if they speak out about safety issues, reports the Globe and Mail. Canada’s...
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Where have the whales gone, and why?
Researchers tracking the Atlantic Right whale have been somewhat concerned that the whales are not showing up in their usual summer feeding grounds in and around the northeastern US and eastern Canada....
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Journalists rally to demand protection for press freedom
People gathered in communities across Canada on Feb. 25, 2017 asking the government to take action to protect freedom of the press. ‘Serious scandals…press freedom violations’ “The day of action was...
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Improve whistleblower protection, urges group
Canada needs to strengthen the protection it provides to people who warn of wrongdoing. The federal government is currently reviewing its law that protects whistleblowers in the federal public sector,...
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CPAWS- Charity group sues government over caribou
The non-profit national charity conservation group, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) has launched a lawsuit against the federal government over failure to uphold an aspect of the...
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The Antarctic too is under stress and threat
We are hearing more and more about stress, and threats to the Arctic, but not so much about Antarctica. Most people would tend to think because the Antarctic is so distant and cold, that it’s a...
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Protection for journalists confidential sources; at last!
Most Canadians would probably think that the widespread concept of protection for a journalist’s confidential sources exists here in Canada, as an integral part of the larger concept of “freedom of the...
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Buying a vehicle: book offers advice
Canadians who want to buy a vehicle can benefit from the annual Lemon-Aid consumer guide and its co-author has advice for newcomers who may face particular obstacles. The book offers information about...
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Protecting Canada’s watercourses: new bill doesn’t do it says advocacy group
The federal government is proposing changes to the “Navigable Waters Act” which regulates development projects that have an effect on navigable waters. The 30 pages of changes were placed within the...
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Canadian engineer proposes better flood damage prevention
Reports are coming in from locations across Canada about rising spring water levels. Every year hundreds if not thousands of homes and buildings are damaged by flood waters. To cause extensive damage,...
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Conservation groups concerned about the state of Canada’s Species at Risk Act
Seven environmental groups are applauding a new government report on the state of conformity to the Species at Risk Act. At the same time they are very concerned about what the report states,...
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Privacy law toughened in EU, Canada urged to follow suit
All 28 countries in the European Union will have to follow new data and privacy rules that go into effect May 25, 2018 and Canada should change its law too, to better protect individuals, says a former...
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Shipwrecks, other submerged sites to be protected
CBC reports the Canadian government is planning new regulations to protect underwater wrecks and historical sites. Now, there is only a patchwork of rules put in place by provincial and territorial...
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Canada must act to protect independent journalism, says lawyer
A Canadian lawyer is calling on the government to change Canada’s law so that a criminal act against a journalist carries a stiffer than usual penalty. Toronto lawyer David Butt says this would send a...
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Smart cities threaten privacy, freedom, warns expert
The former privacy commissioner of Ontario recently resigned from a project to create a smart city in Toronto because there are no guarantees the collection of personal data would be kept private....
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