Month: June 2017

Dreams Of A Gender-Neutral O Canada Are Over — For Now – Politics – CBC News

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Canadians will not be singing a gender-neutral national anthem on Canada Day after a bill before Parliament to officially change the lyrics has stalled. The House of Commons overwhelmingly passed a private member’s bill last summer that would alter the national anthem by replacing “in all thy sons command” with “in all of us command” as part of a push to strike gendered language from O Canada. Although the bill sailed through the House with government approval, Conservative senators opposed to the changes have scored a victory in the Red Chamber. A yearlong campaign successfully punted…

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The Rise Of Electric Cars Will Kill The Gas Station – Engadget

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Gas stations are a lifeline. They not only fuel our cars but us, too — whether it’s with lukewarm coffee during the morning commute or the salty-sweet buffet during road trips. They’re a glowing oasis when the gas tank is empty and our bladders are full. It’s going to be a long while before the handy service station goes away, but its days are numbered — because electric cars are going to change everything. One of the biggest complaints you hear about electric vehicles is that you can’t refuel them…

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World’s Biggest Coal Company Closes 37 Mines As Solar Prices Plummet – EcoWatch

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The rapid growth in renewable energy continues to put a dent in the demand for coal. Coal India, the world’s biggest coal mining company and producer of 82 percent of the country’s coal, announced the closure of 37 mines that are financially “unviable.” India’s energy market is undergoing a rapid transformation as it moves away from fossil fuels. Last month, the country cancelled plans to build nearly 14 gigawatts of coal-fired power stations. Notably, solar has been cheaper than coal-based electricity in India for the past several months. According to…

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Canada’s Airline Rankings Pale In Comparison To Global Competitors – National | Globalnews.ca

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Air Canada sits below 28 other airlines on Skytrax’s annual world’s 100 best airlines‘ ranking — but the same survey also names it as North America’s best carrier. The ranking, which bills itself as “the Oscars of the aviation industry,” was created using data from an online survey taken by 19.9-million people. It asked consumers to rank airlines on a variety of topics. The first topic, “ground/airport,” asked about services such as websites, check-in times and airport staff. The second, “onboard product,” inquired about aspects such as seat comfort, food quality, cabin…

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Are You Being Prompted To Tip 20%? Consumers Grapple With Tip Inflation – The Globe and Mail

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Are You Being Prompted To Tip 20%? Consumers Grapple With Tip Inflation – The Globe and Mail When Alexander Koury took his cats to get groomed a few weeks ago, he got a bit of a shock at the checkout counter. The Phoenix financial planner brought his five-year-old orange tabbies Frankie and Scotch in for bathing, clipping and shaving, which cost $150. But then the payment system asked whether he wanted to tack on a healthy tip: Either 20, 25 or 30 per cent. “Ridiculous,” says Mr. Koury, 36, who…

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Nearly Half Of Canadians To Develop Cancer In Their Lifetimes: Cancer Society | CTV News

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Nearly half of all Canadians are expected to be diagnosed with some form of cancer in their lifetime, according to new numbers from the Canadian Cancer Society. For men, the lifetime risk of developing cancer is 49 per cent; for women, it’s 45 per cent, according to the Canadian Cancer Statistics annual report for 2017. That’s a big jump from the 2016 report, which found that only two out of five Canadians could be expected to develop cancer in their lifetimes (45 per cent of men and 42 per cent…

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Does Your Doctor Get Money From Drug Companies? It’s Not Easy To Find Out – Health – CBC News

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By invitation only, 300 Canadian doctors have a chance to earn $6,600 on top of their usual public health-care fees by taking part in some research. Here’s what they have to do: sign up 12 high-risk heart patients, see each of them three times as part of normal practice, and fill out forms describing what drugs were prescribed. The doctors get an additional $500 for attending a three-hour information session about the research. It’s called the Guidelines Oriented Approach to Lipid Lowering (GOAL). And it is one example of how…

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Tesla’s Batteries And Solar Tiles Are Changing The Electric Grid – CNET

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There’s a good chance flipping on the light switch 10 years from now will feel just as ordinary as it did for your parents and grandparents. But behind the scenes, a radically different system for sending electrons where they’re needed will be turning on those lights. Electrical power that today comes from massive centralized generation stations could originate from your neighbors’ solar panels, then wait a few hours in a mammoth battery in your garage until you get home. That’s because the biggest change to our power grid since it…

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Rule Requiring Airlines To Keep 2 Crew In Cockpit At All Times Lifted By Transport Canada – Ottawa – CBC News

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Canadian airlines are no longer required to have two crew in the cockpit at all times, following the expiration today of an order issued by the government after a co-pilot deliberately downed a Germanwings jet in 2015. Since the crash that killed 150 people, Transport Canada has been examining if there was any way to “mitigate the potential risk” of a similar tragedy unfolding in Canada, according to a letter sent to airlines and obtained by CBC News. Germanwings Flight 4U9525: Canadian airlines told to have 2 crew in the cockpit “The…

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CRTC Bans Cellphone Unlocking Fees, Orders All New Devices Be Unlocked – Business – CBC News

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The era of having to pay cellular providers to unlock your cellphone will end this year. As of Dec. 1, cellphone customers can ask their provider to unlock their phones free of charge, the CRTC announced Thursday. At the same time, it said, all newly purchased mobile devices must be provided to customers unlocked. “It’s a big step forward,” said Rose Behar, senior reporter for the tech site MobileSyrup in Toronto. Telecoms often order locked phones from manufacturers that are programmed to work only with their service. Then they charge a fee — typically $50 —…

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