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An Alberta-based oilfield contractor is under investigation by the federal government after a temporary foreign worker (TFW) accused the company of violating program regulations. The allegations against Alstar Oilfield Contractors has only worsened following our initial article confirming the Alberta…
A United Nations judicial freedom expert today strongly condemned the recent assassination of Kurdish human rights lawyer and head of the Diyarbakir Bar Association Tahir Elçi, and called on Turkey's government to carry out a full and impartial investigation. “I…
Falling oxygen levels caused by global warming could be a greater threat to the survival of life on planet Earth than flooding, according to researchers from the University of Leicester published in Bulletin of Mathematical Biology . A study led…
Establishing up to three supervised injection facilities in Toronto and up to two facilities in Ottawa would be cost-effective, researchers reported in the journal Addiction after updating a 2012 analysis that recommended establishing supervised injection facilities in Toronto and Ottawa…
Fish could have emotions and conciousness, according to new research published in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Biological Sciences , which has for the first time observed in fish a phenomenon known as emotional fever – the increase…
Turkey's Prime Minister remained adamant on Monday that Ankara will not apologize for downing a Russian warplane over his country’s border with Syria last week, after securing strong support from NATO to for his military’s actions. “No Prime Minister, no…
Children who have been left without direct parental care for extended periods of time show larger gray matter volumes in the brain, according to a study being presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America…
Corporate income tax cuts have lead to slower economic growth, a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) has found – a finding that flies in the face of claims by both Liberal and Conservative governments…
Opinion is divided on whether the raft of sanctions Russia imposed against Turkey after Turkish aircraft shot down a Russian Su-24M will help or harm the fragile Russian economy. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin called the downing of the warplane a…
A Turkish NGO today released video footage allegedly showing Russian airstrikes destroying a bread bakery established in Syria's Idlib province that feeds around 50,000 people daily. The Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (IHH) posted a video…