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Eclipse over Eclipse Island, Newfoundland.
Solar eclipse of Eclipse Island. Burgeo Newfoundland. Canada. April 8, 2024. Photographed by Greg Locke. © 2024. All right Reserved BURGEO, Newfoundland – On the remote south west coast of Newfoundland, Eclipse Island is nestled in the harbour of Burgeo. It was named by the legendary navigator and cartographer Capt. James Cook while he was moored there in 1766 and witnessed a total solar eclipse. From those observations, and comparing them to other observations in other locations, he was able to develop longitude and longitudinal global navigation. Much of Cook’s cartography, depth soundings and marine charts for Newfoundland and the
Brian Mulroney Was Controversial, Consequential, And Divisive
OTTAWA, Canada – Brian Mulroney, Canada’s 18th prime minister, died on Feb. 29, aged 84. His daughter Caroline Mulroney, an Ontario MPP, announced his death on social media. “On behalf of my mother and our family, it is with great sadness we announce the passing of my father, The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney … He died peacefully, surrounded by family.” His obituary in the Palm Beach Daily News noted that he recently fell at his home in the city, where he was a long time resident, and died of complications in a Florida hospital. Martin Brian Mulroney was born in
Column: Bell Canada Owes Canadians
By Barry Rueger Bell Canada is set to axe 4,800 jobs, sell dozens of radio stations, cut newsrooms across Canada, and destroy CTV’s star investigative program W5. The announcement by BCE Inc. made big news-but the real damage was done decades ago. Canadian news has long been an expanding wasteland. What saddens me is that government could have prevented this–and still has the power to fix it. Don’t be fooled by Bell’s announcement. None of this is about radio and TV stations losing money. It’s about them not making big enough profits for BCE, Canada’s largest communications company.
Deafening as a Rocket Lifting Off: Marine Noise Is Growing Threat
By Rochelle Baker, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative. Canada has the chance to turn the tide on a perilous kind of pollution threatening marine life along all its coasts, conservation groups say. Underwater noise from human activity continues to surge in Canada’s oceans, creating an acoustic smog with harmful and even lethal impacts for a wide range of species, from microscopic plankton to great whales. Chronic underwater noise from shipping, deafening blasts from pile driving for shoreline construction and marine seismic surveys in oil and gas exploration can displace whales and other sea life from critical habitats, disrupt their ability
Jasper’s inferno proves that Canada needs a national wildfire strategy
By Edward Struzik, Queen’s University, Ontario This article was originally published by The Conversation. In what is becoming an unfortunately common occurrence, the town of Jasper, Alta., has been ravaged by a wildfire of unprecedented scale. Crews report witnessing “300- to 400-foot flames,” while one-third of Jasper’s buildings were destroyed. Luckily, there have been no reported fatalities so far. If a fire can burn the town of Jasper in a national park that has the resources to deal with fire, what does the future hold for hundreds of small boreal forest towns across the country that do not have
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OTTAWA, Canada – Brian Mulroney, Canada’s 18th prime minister, died on Feb. 29, aged 84. His daughter Caroline Mulroney, an Ontario MPP, announced his death on social media. “On behalf of my mother and our family, it is with great sadness we announce the passing of my father, The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney … He died peacefully, surrounded by family.”
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By Barry Rueger Bell Canada is set to axe 4,800
The appointment of Leonard Marchand to the ranks of Canada’s top justices
By Greg Locke HALIFAX, NS – Alexa McDonough, the trailblazing politician who
OTTAWA – When Justin Trudeau called the federal election 2021 on
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By Edward Struzik, Queen’s University, Ontario This article was originally published by The Conversation. In what is becoming an unfortunately common occurrence, the town of Jasper, Alta., has been ravaged by a wildfire of unprecedented scale. Crews report witnessing “300- to 400-foot flames,” while one-third of Jasper’s buildings were destroyed. Luckily, there have been no reported fatalities so far.
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By Barry Rueger Bell Canada is set to axe 4,800
By Rochelle Baker, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative. Canada has the
St. John’s, Newfoundland (May 27, 2021) – Calgary based Suncor Energy, lead
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BONAVISTA, Newfoundland – While there are massive music concerts and arts festivals all over the world, usually in urban areas, that attract thousands of people, often those in remote and out-of-the-way places offer a more engaging and immersive experience. The
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By Brian Brennan March, 2018 “Meet acclaimed Canadian authors in San Miguel!” said the invitation. How could one resist? According to the program, three of the seven keynote speakers at this year’s Writers’ Conference & Literary Festival in San Miguel de
DEBORAH JONES: FREE RANGE July, 2005 The very first time he tried writing graffiti, Robbie,
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OTTAWA, Canada – Brian Mulroney, Canada’s 18th prime minister, died on Feb. 29, aged 84. His daughter Caroline Mulroney, an Ontario MPP, announced his death on social media. “On behalf of my mother and our family, it is with great sadness we announce the passing of my father, The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney … He died peacefully, surrounded by family.”
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They say you have to embrace winter to enjoy it. This group
The appointment of Leonard Marchand to the ranks of Canada’s top justices