Analysis: Fast promises on slow internet in the North – CBC
Aug 31, 2015 ‘These are barely dial-up speeds and that’s for people who even have access,’ technology analyst Federal leaders are making more promises about delivering faster internet to rural…
At Northern docs’ prompting, Canada’s doctors divest of fossil fuels – CBC
Aug 31, 2015 Selling off fossil fuel assets probably the clearest way to say ‘climate change is a health issue’ The Canadian Medical Association has followed the British Medical Association…
First Nations Sign Pact With Province – Bayshore Broadcasting News
August 31, 2015 Agreement allows First Nations to self-govern, meet with Premier semi-annually. (Regional) – The Chief of the Kettle and Stony Point First Nation says an agreement recently signed…
Navy hires barge to deliver 220000 litres of fuel for Arctic exercise – Ottawa Citizen
August 31, 2015 First it was a lease of a Chilean Navy vessel to refuel and resupply Canadian warships at sea. Now the Royal Canadian Navy hired a company to…
Fire damages Canadian Syncrude equipment, forces firm to halt production – Mining.com
August 31, 2015 Canadian Oil Sands (TSX:COS), the main owner of the giant Syncrude oil sands project, has halted production after the fire that damaged equipment at its synthetic crude…
Joint Statement on Climate Change and the Arctic – The Arctic Journal
Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC August 31, 2015 The following is the text of a joint statement from the United States and the Ministers and other representatives…
The blame game can’t strengthen First Nations – Winnipeg Free Press
Aug. 31, 2015 Former provincial court judge Brian Giesbrecht’s column (Male violence on trial, Aug. 25) requires some response. In reference to the assault inflicted on Rinelle Harper last fall,…
Leaders should have debated women’s issues – The Sudbury Star
August 31, 2015 When you put yourself out there as a left-leaning feminist, you are bound to have people question what you think when the NDP refuses to take part…
Obama to rename North America’s highest mountain, giving it back its Aboriginal name – National Post
August 31, 2015 North America’s highest mountain, a household name and the answer to countless geography quiz questions, is about to get a new name. U.S. President Barack Obama in…
Election 2015 Tech Watch: Website helps guide voter decisions – IT Business
August 30th, 2015 Having just been launched into possibly the longest federal election in living memory, those of us with a shorter attention span might become frustrated with months of…
