Heartbleed Bug tsunami?
Internet users need to be aware of potential compromises that are possible from Heartbleed Bug, the computer software vulnerability that was recently made public.
Total lunar eclipse first of four ‘Blood Moons’
Yesterday’s lunar eclipse that turned an orange red color, grabbed the attention of star-gazers and conspiracy theorists. It was the first of four such lunar events that will occur in the next 18 months.
Fred Penner honoured at DASCH event
Legendary children’s performer Fred Penner was front and centre at this year’s 12th annual DASCH (Direct Action in Support of Community Homes) Recognition Awards Luncheon.
NHL playoffs with just one Canadian team
The Montreal Canadians are the only Canadian team in this year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs — the worst showing by Canadian teams in 41 years. What’s happened to our ‘national game’ at the NHL level?
How toxic stress is hurting our children
Childhood is not quite the stress-free paradise that our rose-tinted memories might suggest. Children — even infants — can suffer from chronic, toxic stress that has long-term effects.
Fefu and Her Friends will be unique theatrical experience
The audience travels to different rooms of this heritage home, watching the story unfold, in a one-of-a-kind production that promises to be an immersive event theatre goers will not soon forget.
Canadians need to know more about the drugs we take
Why is Health Canada only letting doctors and the public know part of the story about the safety and effectiveness of pharmaceutical drugs? Inadequate information can be dangerous and misleading.
Taxpayers demand transparency of politicians’ expenses
When Senators Duffy, Wallin and Brazeau got into trouble over expenses they rung up on the public purse, it seemed to have raised the stakes for what voters will put up with from their politicians.
A history many Manitobans don’t know
Justice Thomas Berger, the man who successfully showed the federal government failed to honour a promise it made to Métis people 140 years ago, was in town recently to set the historic record straight.
Housing-first best way to deal with mental health, homelessness
A groundbreaking Canadian study reveals that it is less expensive and more beneficial to find housing for people with mental illness rather than pay for the social problems that come with homelessness.