Toronto | 8 hours ago
Canada's permafrost line recedes 130 km in 50 years
Toronto, Feb 18 - The southern limit of permanently frozen ground or permafrost is retreating and is now 130 km further north than it was 50 years ago in the James Bay region, according to Canadian researchers.Permafrost or permafrost soil is soil at or below the freezing point of water - for two or more years. A considerable area of the Arctic is covered by permafrost. Serge Payette and Simon Thi ... read more

Toronto | 11 hours ago
Canadian employer fined $25,000 for racial abuse
Toronto, Feb 18 - A Canadian employer has been fined $25,000 for calling his Pakistani-origin woman employee a 'Paki' and 'nigger.'Taunting the woman's two young sons as 'half-nigger,' he reportedly told her, 'That's what you get for sleeping with a nigger.' She was later sacked by him. Accepting Cheryl Khan's complaint of racist abuse against her boss Lynn Tompkins, the human rights commission h ... read more

Toronto | 14 hours ago
Canadian Muslim gets life term for plotting attacks on Europe
Toronto, Feb 18 - An Al-Qaeda-linked Canadian Muslim was Wednesday sentenced to life for plotting attacks on European targets and spreading jihadist propaganda on the internet.Said Namouh, 37, who immigrated to Canada from Morocco in 2003, was arrested in 2007 in a small town near Montreal. Evidence at his trial showed that the man served as a point man for the online Global Islamic Media Front - ... read more

Toronto | 1 day ago
Nanotech catalyst may green chemical manufacturing
Toronto, Feb 17 - A new nanotech catalyst developed by chemists offers industry an opportunity to reduce the use of expensive and toxic heavy metals.Although chemists have long been aware of the ecological impact of traditional chemical catalysts and do attempt to reuse their materials, it is generally difficult to separate the catalysing chemicals from the finished product. Catalysts are substan ... read more

Toronto | 1 day ago
Sex scandals rock Canadian armed forces
Toronto, Feb 17 - Two sex scandals in two weeks involving top-ranking officers have shocked Canadians and tarnished the image of the country's armed forces.Col Russell Williams, top commander of the country's largest military base at Trenton not far from here, is behind bars after his arrest for allegedly murdering two women, including one under his command, and raping two others. Canadians were s ... read more

Toronto | 1 day ago
'Active women give birth to smarter kids'
Toronto, Feb 17 - Researchers say active women give birth to smarter kids and they are all set to prove it.Canadian researchers at the University of Montreal say studies on animals already prove it, and they have now taken the task of proving it in humans. According to their hypothesis, the researchers say, pregnant women who exercise three times a week can give birth to babies with better memori ... read more

Toronto | 1 day ago
How do newborns learn two languages?
Toronto, Feb 17 - It may not be obvious, but hearing two languages regularly during pregnancy puts infants on the road to bilingualism by birth.Infants born to bilingual mothers - exhibit different language preferences than infants born to mothers speaking only one language. Psychologists Krista Byers-Heinlein and Janet F. Werker of the University of British Columbia - along with Tracey Burns, Org ... read more

Toronto | 1 day ago
Reading to kids crucial in developing familiarity with English
Toronto, Feb 17 - Poring over the adventures of the Bernstain Bears or exploring the worlds of Hans Christian Andersen with a child has always been a great parent-child bonding exercise.But, according to George Georgiou, University of Alberta - professor in educational psychology, it is instrumental for English-speaking children if they are to acquire the language skills, particularly comprehensio ... read more

Toronto | 1 day ago
BlackBerry unveils new server to access work email
Toronto, Feb 17 - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion - Tuesday unveiled new server that will allow its smart phone users to wirelessly access their work or corporate email 'without compromising security.'A RIM statement here said the free BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express software will meet many demands of two segments of its market. First, the software will offer economical advantages to smal ... read more

Mumbai | 2 days ago
Africa next target for Jet Airways with service to Johannesburg
Mumbai, Feb 16 - India's largest private carrier Jet Airways is targeting the African market with the launch of a non-stop service between the commercial hubs of Mumbai and Johannesburg daily from April 14.'The airline will introduce services to the Rainbow Nation using a new state-of-the-art A 330-200 aircraft. The launch of this new route marks the first time Jet Airways is adding destinations t ... read more