Here is a compiled list of other ways to help from CTV News.
Following is a list of links to Canadian organizations that have a track record of providing aid to Haiti:
Canadian Red Cross
The Canadian arm of the international aid and medical relief organization works around the world through the federation of Red Cross and Red [...]
ELMVALE ONTARIO – Building on the United Nation’s 2010 World Water Day (WWD) theme of Clean Water for a Healthy World, the Elmvale Foundation (EF) will be hosting World Water Day at the Elmvale Community Centre March 28: A morning Town Hall session 9:00 a.m.- 12:00 on the… “future management of waste and it’s impact [...]
Michal Fialkowski does some snowboarding tricks at the famous “Blue Mountain” in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada.
Videos coming soon…
Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor
Thank you, Canada:
For being such good hosts.
For your unfailing courtesy.
For your (mostly) beautiful weather.
For scheduling no more than 60 percent of your float plane departures at the exact moment when I was trying to say something on television.
For not seeming to mind the occasional (or constant) good-natured mimicry of your [...]
OUTRAGEOUS!
SeaWorld is blaming the victim — their trainer who let her ponytail swing into the water — while the real negligence lies with them. They knew the whale Tilicum had a history of attacks against people, but they chose profit over the safety of whales and people.
It is time for a federal investigation of their [...]
By Dana Blankenhorn-
Statins like Zocor, Lipitor and Crestor have been around for decades. They lower your cholesterol level.
They have been around long enough that they are in the process of going generic. Zocor is simvastatin. I use it. Lipitor is atorvastatin. It will be a generic next year.
The generic name for Crestor is rosuvastatin. It is [...]
This is about FOOD and how it is making us sick.
There is a new film coming out this summer and here is the trailer.
http://www.alsearsmd.com/food-inc-trailer.html
MSG improves the flavor and keeps the color vibrant, as least that’s why it is used in cooking. Where are the doctors at health Canada? They’re too busy fighting the natural supplements I guess! Why [...]
The past few months have been intense. We have had early successes – a temporary ban on killing bottlenose dolphins, extensive coverage in the Japanese media, and the first revelations of the extent of mercury poisoning in residents of Taiji. All of this was accomplished while the film was in just a few theaters.
The Oscars [...]
Circuits in your brain light up when you’re happy. One groundbreaking researcher has discovered how to keep them lit.
There are no dark corners in Madison, Wisconsin, a university town that sparkles with endowment and research dollars—more than $900 million last year—as well as just plain Midwestern niceness. The grants are well earned: It was at [...]
The BBC reports -
The controlled fusion of atoms – creating conditions like those in our Sun – has long been touted as a possible revolutionary energy source.
However, there have been doubts about the use of powerful lasers for fusion energy because the “plasma” they create could interrupt the fusion.
An article in Science showed the plasma [...]
Why the European Union is so quiet about this ? Murder, to my way of thinking.
Where is Green Peace, who make so much noise in other countries….
While it may seem incredible, even today this custom continues, in Dantesque, – in the Faroe Islands, ( Denmark ) . A country supposedly ‘civilized’ and an EU country [...]
The celebrity guests who attended the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday were given more than the typical designer gifts baskets they receive every year. This time they were also offered the latest in popular pets – baby teacup pigs.
GBK Productions, the company that ran the gift lounge, handed out specially designed bags with goodies that [...]
Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning. A man with a violin plays six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approx. 2 thousand people passed through the station, most of them on their way to work. After 3 minutes a middle-aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed [...]
Training Whales – I found information on training a killer whales some time ago. It’s a popular topic for parenting sites–and with good reason. Some of the ‘lessons’ we learn from training killer whales are very helpful to consider when teaching our kids.
Eight Steps for Training a Killer Whale
Establish clear cut goal which can be [...]
By Jessica Pieklo -
On this day of remembrance of a legacy of inclusion, of reaching out and building coalitions across divisions of race and class it is equally important to pause and take notice of a swelling wave of resistance to those efforts building across the country. After nearly a decade of waning popularity and [...]
