Tag Archives: family

Watchdog: Solar restrictions; do cell phone bans in schools make sense?

Missed something this week? Don’t panic. CBC’s Marketplace collects the consumer and health news you need. Want this in your inbox? Get the Marketplace newsletter every friday. Rules discourage Canadians from generating more solar energy than they use Solar panels can be seen on homes in Toronto’s East Side. Many jurisdictions limit the power generated by a rooftop solar system …

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Upcoming US border rules affecting dog owners on both sides of the border

Some dog owners believe that Canada’s temporary exemption from the new, very strict US rules on taking dogs across the border doesn’t go far enough and that the exemption should be made permanent. Earlier this month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that starting August 1, dogs entering the U.S. from Canada (a rabies-free country) will …

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For decades, Inuit were sent to Quebec City for tuberculosis treatment. Many never came home

WARNING: This article contains details of abuse. With a suppressed sob, Mary Tuktudjuk says she has thought about her father all her life. Decades ago, he was among a number of Inuit patients who were brought south to be treated for tuberculosis at Parc Savard Hospital, a former sanatorium in Quebec City, and never returned home. Standing in the gardens …

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