Seafood giant Connors Bros. files for creditor protection | CBC News
The Blacks Harbour company employs about 800 people at peak season and up to half that number at other times, village Mayor Terry James said.
National pharmacare—the time is now – Macleans.ca
Costs for prescription drugs not only present a serious challenge to families in Canada, but to our health care system as a whole. We pay more for drugs than Australia, New Zealand and almost every European country. Only the United States and Switzerland pay more than we do.
Nunavut Cyber Attack Could Leave Thousands Relying on Emergency Food Vouchers Until Next Year
The attack, carried out in early November, impacted 38,000 people after an unknown group of hackers infected the Government of Nunavut’s computer systems with ransomware.
Ransomware takes over computer systems and encrypts access to data.
This means the victim cannot access their data without a cryptographic
key held by the hackers, who typically demand a large payment to regain
access to computer files.
According to the Government of Nunavut, the attack disabled services relating to “health, family services, education, justice and finance,” leaving residents in remote communities unable to book medical appointments or receive important services.
Why We Strike Again | by Greta Thunberg, Luisa Neubauer and Angela Valenzuela
Don’t take our word for it: scientists are sounding the alarm. They warn
that we have never been less likely to limit the rise in global
temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels – the
threshold beyond which the most destructive effects of climate change
would be triggered.
Worse, recent research shows that we are on track to produce 120% more fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with the 1.5°C limit.The concentration of climate-heating greenhouse gases in our atmosphere has reached a record high, with no sign of a slowdown. Even if countries fulfill their current emissions-reduction pledges, we are headed for a 3.2°C increase.
Botswana Drought Makes Wasteland of Harvests, Livestock
In semi-arid Botswana, the farmers are reeling after the worst
drought in a decade wiped out entire harvests and left the land littered
with dead livestock.
Two thirds of the crops planted last season failed, while Ngamiland, a
rich beef producing region, has recorded nearly 40,000 cattle deaths.