Spousal violence was most prevalent in Nunavut and Quebec in 2006, and least prevalent in British Columbia, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, according to police data examined by the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics.
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Telecommunities Canada (TC) launched the “Internet for Everyone” campaign that seeks to put a national ICT strategy back on the federal agenda.
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Global literacy rates continue to rise but some regions are still lagging sharply behind in the campaign to ensure that everyone can read and write, a United Nations report released today finds.
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From 2005 to 2006, births were up in every province and territory except for Nova Scotia and the Northwest Territories, according to a study by Statistics Canada. Quebec and Alberta were the largest contributors to the national increase in births, accounting for 70% of the total increase.
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A new study by Statistics Canada reveals that university-educated immigrants aged 25 to 54 who arrived in Canada within the previous five years were less likely to be employed in 2007 than their Canadian born counterparts. This was true regardless of the country in which they obtained their degree.
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While conventional television revenues declined for the first time in a decade in 2007, revenues for pay and specialty television continued to climb. Public and non-commercial conventional television was hardest hit by the slowdown, which affected both its advertising revenue and grants, according to a study by Statistics Canada.
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Canadians are making greater and more diverse use of the Internet, according to new data for 2007 from the Canadian Internet Use Survey, released by Statistics Canada.
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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has described Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip as "one of the greatest human rights crimes on Earth." Mr. Carter was speaking Sunday, May 25, 2008, at a literary festival in Wales. He told The Guardian newspaper that the Israeli blockade has led to what he calls the "imprisonment" of Gaza's 1.6 million Palestinians.
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Sharma El Sheikh, Egypt - The World Economic Forum on the Middle East concluded on Tuesday, May 20, 2008, with a call for accelerated political and economic reform to ensure that the region achieves its full potential, converting rising oil wealth into skilled human capital and turning the region’s disparities into entrepreneurial opportunities.
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Nurses who worked in hospital settings where staffing and resources were perceived to be inadequate, as well as those who usually worked overtime, were more likely to report that a patient had received the wrong medication or dosage, according to a new study released by Statistics Canada.
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