-As of December 22nd of this year, there will be a ban on the testing of cosmetic products on animals in Canada.
In addition to no longer being allowed to test them, companies that rely on animal testing for their cosmetic products, won’t be allowed to sell their products here.
The federal government announced the passing of Bill C-47 this morning.
“Since the launch of The Body Shop’s first against animal testing initiative in 1989 and our campaigns that have followed, we’re thrilled to finally see this effort materialize in Canada. We applaud Minister Duclos and Health Canada for bringing forth this legislation and thank all who have made this change possible, notably our partners at Cruelty Free International and The Body Shop’s passionate retail teams and activist customers, who delivered over 625,000 signatures to Parliament Hill in 2018 calling for this change.”
Hilary Lloyd, Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Responsibility
The Body Shop North America
*******************************
-The Competition Bureau says it’s time all levels of government work together to boost competition in the grocery sector.
The Bureau is out with recommendations, following a study into whether or not grocery consolidation is part of the reason why food prices are so much higher.
The report says governments need to support different kinds of grocery businesses, encourage indie and international grocers, come out with harmonized unit pricing for consumers, and ease up on property controls that make it difficult for new stores to open.
*******************************
-Eligible drivers aged 18 and over are going to automatically exit from the Graduated Driver Licence program, without having to pay the province to do so.
As long as they’ve gotten through their 24-month driving period without picking up suspensions or demerits, they’ll just get a letter stating they’re no longer in the GDL.
*******************************
-The Alberta Energy Regulator has told Cenovus Energy to clean things up, after more than 1-thousand litres of diesel spilled from a temporary generator this month into Rainbow Lake.
Cenovus is now working on it.
********************************
Canada has gone past the previous record for area burned by wildfires in just one year.
More than 76-thousand square kilometres at this point, and the wildfire season doesn’t end til October 31st.
The previous record dates back to 1989, when more than 75-thousand square kilometres burned.
**********************************
-A group of doctors has signed a letter to let the government know they’re concerned about a job that was offered to the former Chief Medical Officer of Health and then revoked.
Dr. Deena Hinshaw had been hired and then told she didn’t have the job with Indigenous Wellness Core, which falls under Alberta Health Services.
Medical Director Dr. Esther Tailfeathers, quit when she heard about it.
Doctors want the matter investigated.
***********************************
-Olivia Chow is Toronto’s new mayor.
She beat more than 1-hundred other candidates for the job.
Chow had been a city councillor in the past and was an NDP MP alongside her late husband, former NDP leader Jack Layton.
**********************************
-Cooktop Safety Inc. has come out with a new thermal-monitoring system that can let you know if there’s a chance the food you’re cooking is about to burst into flames.
It uses A-I, and monitors not only your stove top, but anything in the vicinity of the stove top.
Say for example, you have a dish-towel too close to the stove and it’s heating up.
The system can use thermal imaging and combine it with real-time A-I to predict danger before it becomes a threat.
If you don’t respond to the alert in a timely manner, the system causes an automatic power cut-off to the stove.
Most kitchen fires are due to oil that isn’t being watched closely enough.
***********************************
-“Movies on the Square” is back in Churchill Square in downtown Edmonton this evening.
Everything gets underway at 5 and they’ll be showing the Super Mario Bros. Movie on an inflatable screen that’s about three stories high.
It’s free, and you can buy snacks from food trucks that will be set up in the area.
Bring your lawn chairs.
********************************
A new study says getting less than seven hours of shut-eye each night, might not be that bad for you after all.
Dr. Elliott Lee is a sleep specialist with an Ottawa mental health centre called “The Royal”.
He confirms sleep needs vary among people, so you don’t need to stress out if you aren’t sleeping for seven hours straight.
Tests have also confirmed that sleep duration isn’t closely related to brain health, and that genetics may actually play a role.
So if you parents weren’t long sleepers, you might not be either.
*******************************
-Connor McDavid cleaned up at the NHL Awards last night, as he won the Hart Trophy for most valuable player.
He also won the Ted Lindsay Award for most outstanding player, which is chosen by the other players.
He won the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL’s leading scorer and the Rocket Richard Trophy for a league-best 64-goal season.
-The Edmonton Oil-Kings say all their home pre-season games this year are going to be played in communities that normally don’t get to watch WHL hockey.
Their first game will be September 9th against the Calgary Hitmen, on the Enoch Cree Nation. Ticket details haven’t been released yet.
-Jays start a three game series today against the Giants. 5:07pm for that.
-Edmonton Riverhawks host the Bellingham Bells tonight at ReMax Field. 7:05 start
-Over at the Ponoka Stampede, the leaders from the pro-rodeo last night were Kade Sonnier for bareback, Bobbi Henderson for barrel-racing, Lonnie Phillips for bull-riding, Ben Anderson for saddle-bronc, Riley Wakefield for steer wrestling, Chance Thiessen for tie-down roping and Paul Eaves and Erich Rogers for team roping. (pictured–Kade Sonnier on C5’s Virgil. Photo by Covy Moore–courtesy of the Ponoka Stampede)
Today is Seniors Day at the Stampede, the midway opens, while the pro-rodeo goes at 1 this afternoon, along with the wild horse races and trick riding. Kids’ wild pony racing and the chuckwagon races go at 6:30 tonight.
Comments