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Theatre, murals and summer fun: 9 things to do No question: It’s high time to rediscover the pleasures of local travel. Many public safety restrictions remain in place, but at the time of writing, opportunities for day and overnight trips were opening up in Ontario and Quebec. Our nine suggestions emphasize the outdoors (it is summer, after all) and even include a bit of […] Continue Reading Springing into travel mode If spring has you hankering to hit the road, you’re in luck this year.
The floating university: excerpts from the experts
Their first-hand stories are funny, vivid, scientific, sometimes distressing — another kind of exploration. Dylan White, wilderness and wildlife guide, has worked on 150 projects for government, academia and private groups. His Arctic mammal talk included black bears, grizzly and polar bears, all of which can interbreed to produce, in the case of the latter two, “pizzlies” or “grolars.” He often gets up close and, apparently, too personal.
The Inuit of Labrador’s forced relocation
The Hebron Mission Church was built starting in 1829. Prefabricated in Germany by the Moravians, it was shipped to the site in northern Labrador. The Moravians abandoned the site in 1959, leaving behind many Inuit families who had moved to this location. (Photo: Mike Beedell) Hebron, though only a deserted coastal settlement in northern Labrador, is a uniquely powerful National Historic Site of Canada.
Aboard the Ocean Endeavour
Ocean Endeavour drops anchor in Eclipse Bay in Torngat Mountains National Park for a day of exploration on land. (Photo: Mike Beedell) Sailing on Adventure Canada’s Greenland and Wild Labrador Expedition gives new meaning to the phrase “peak experience.” Besides hiking along the base of Canada’s highest mountains east of the Rockies — northern Labrador’s Torngat Mountains’ peak altitude is 1,652 metres — we walked along its fjord cliffs and rode Zodiacs into the narrow fjords.
Expeditions are a family affair
Adventure Canada is also a family adventure. On this expedition, Islay, 4, and Charlotte, 7, joined their father, expedition leader Jason Edmunds and their mother, CEO Cedar Swan. (Photo: DENNIS MINTY) “Expedition” is a loaded word in the travelling world. “If you don’t know what an ‘expedition’ is, you think, ‘Am I going to be on a dogsled going to the North Pole for two weeks, fishing for my food?’” asks Cedar Swan, Adventure Canada’s award-winning CEO.
Of humpbacks and humans
People say that absolutely nothing compares to swimming eye-to-eye with a 30,000-kilogram humpback whale with a body as long as a rail box-car. They’re right. The humans call her Canopy. She is famous among snorkellers for her friendly, relaxed and trusting way with humans and her affectionate behaviour towards her male calf. Today, she is resting close to the ocean bottom of the Dominican Republic’s Silver Bank Sanctuary in a sheltered and shallow coral reef, ideal for a nursery.
Creating community with an international buffet
More than 25 diplomatic missions provided food for an international buffet at Rockcliffe Park’s Grand Village Fête to mark the 90th anniversary of the village’s creation. “It was a very special event for the community,” said Liz Heatherington, who co-ordinated the diplomatic portion. Heads of mission from the German, Thai, Japanese, Indonesian, Turkish, Czech and EU embassies attended, some of them with their children.
Medical male circumcision offers a gateway to HIV testing and medical check-ups – Bhekisisa
Circumcision can prevent thousands of HIV infections by 2030 at a relatively low cost, but the uptake has been slower than expected. COMMENT Arriving at a clinic in Johannesburg in April, Thabo Khoza* (23) was greeted by Nurse Lettie Tshabalala*. He informed her that he had heard about the benefits of voluntary medical male circumcision on the radio and from someone at work. He told the nurse he wanted to get circumcised because it would help him be more hygienic.
Ukraine’s quest towards the west
The streets of downtown Kyiv keep the memory alive that fewer than four years ago, under president Viktor Yanukovych’s regime, this capital city of Europe’s second largest country was on fire. Ukrainian protesters were bludgeoned and shot by soldiers, police, secret service and even civilians called “titushky,” who were hired to support the police. Protesters saw many in their number picked off by snipers in surrounding buildings.
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Ukraine’s quest towards the west The streets of downtown Kyiv keep the memory alive that fewer than four years ago, under president Viktor Yanukovych’s regime, this capital city of Europe’s second largest country was on fire. Ukrainian protesters were bludgeoned and shot by soldiers, police, secret service and even civilians called “titushky,” who were hired to support the police.
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‘Canada doesn’t matter much to the U.S. anymore’ We should get used to it. Canada doesn’t matter much to the United States anymore, notwithstanding the warm reception the prime minister received at the White House during his official visit in March. Some of this is our doing. But much of it is also driven by economics and domestic politics in the U.S. As […] Continue Reading Emphasizing the positive His first year as U.S. ambassador has just passed.
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John Baird: ‘a pragmatic internationalist’ When he became foreign affairs minister in 2011, one of the first things John Baird did was to issue an edict to hang an oversized portrait of the Queen on the main wall of the lobby of the Pearson Building, Foreign Affairs’ headquarters.
Obama's Israel snub disses Jews, Christians
I have never been so ashamed of any president in my lifetime as I am because of Barack Obama's refusal to listen to the prime minister of Israel. None of the administration chose to attend. What a slap in the face of an important ally of the U.S. and all Christian and Jewish people.
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Solutions for inhumane slaughterhouse practices The XL Foods E. coli outbreak in the fall of 2012 was a vivid reminder for many Canadians of the reality and risks of industrial slaughter. Accompanying the daily news updates on the outbreak — in total, there were 18 confirmed cases — were glimpses into the scope and speed of modern slaughter plants. XL […] Continue Reading The (animal) costs of transport At some point in their lives, virtually all farmed animals are transported.
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Things are looking up – a bit The UN General Assembly has designated 2011 as International Year of Forests. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), based in Rome, has conducted an assessment of the world’s forest resources every five years since 1946. Its most recent assessment, published in October, covers forests — or lack of forests — in 233 countries.
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Lessons from Estonia ‘The home I grew up in was Estonian,‘ says Trade Minister Peter Van Loan… ’At nine years old, the wisdom of age was upon me’ Sitting on a sofa in his simply-furnished office in Centre Block, Canada’s International Trade Minister, Peter Van Loan explains how a first-generation Canadian of Estonian heritage wound up with a […] Continue Reading Canada’s nine free trade agreements Canada started signing free trade deals as far back as 1988 when it signed the Canada-U.S. Free...
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