Heart attacks could be reduced by rethinking statins

Published: 11 March 2016

By Julie Robert, McGill University Health Centre Millions of people today take statins to help lower their cholesterol level.

Same gene can encode proteins with divergent functions

Published: 11 February 2016

By Cynthia Lee, McGill Newsroom It’s not unusual for siblings to seem more dissimilar than similar: one becoming a florist, for example, another becoming a flutist, and another becoming a physicist.

Corus buys Shaw Media

Published: 14 January 2016

"Toronto-based Corus Entertainment is buying Shaw Media from Shaw Communications in a $2.65-billion deal. The move shuffles ownership of 19 specialty TV channels including Global, Food Network...

North Korea Nuclear Test

Published: 6 January 2016

"Hours after North Korea trumpeted the apparent "perfect success" of its first hydrogen bomb test, the United Nations Security Council fired back with a promise of new sanctions." (Site: CBC)

Weather: El nino

Published: 21 December 2015

As 2016 approaches, the ongoing El Nino shows no sign of relaxing its grip on the global climate. (Source: Al Jazeera)...

US Interest Rates

Published: 16 December 2015

The U.S. central bank began raising interest rates Dec. 16 from record lows, as it hiked its benchmark rate by a quarter of a percentage point. (Source: CBC)...

Divorce: on the decline in sub-Saharan Africa

Published: 16 December 2015

With education, employment and income levels all rising for women in sub-Saharan Africa, many observers have speculated that divorce rates would follow suit – as they have in much of the developed...

Montreal blue collar workers suspended

Published: 14 December 2015

"Nearly 2,400 Montreal blue collar workers including union leadership will face sanctions for leaving work to attend a union meeting last week after they were ordered to remain on the job. " ...

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