Canadians are world’s largest consumers of antidepressants
![Because we have a lot to be depressed about: Stephen Harper, Rob Ford, Senate scandal, the weather, oil sands, train derailments, falling loonie...]](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/21012014.jpg)
Because we have a lot to be depressed about: Stephen Harper, Rob Ford, Senate scandal, the weather, oil sands, train derailments, falling loonie…]
“Pill-popping makes perfect”
Study finds that the Epilepsy drug, Valproate, can give people the ability to acquire perfect pitch
Enigma no more
Alan Turing, who cracked the German Enigma code in WWII, thus shortening the war and saving thousands of lives, who was then convicted of being gay and committed suicide, at last receives a posthumous Royal Pardon.
The truth about cats and dogs?
![A recent study of children age 3-6 revealed that young kids show a marked preference for dogs over cats. [and that suits cats just fine, thank you!]](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/03012014.jpg)
A recent study of children age 3-6 revealed that young kids show a marked preference for dogs over cats. [and that suits cats just fine, thank you!]
Naughty trumps Nice
Disgraced Toronto Mayor Rob Ford beats astronaut and International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield as Canadian “Newsmaker of the Year”
“When what to my wondering eyes did appear…”
Astronauts on the International Space Station are planning a Christmas Eve spacewalk.
December 21st: Shortest Day, Longest Line-ups!
Happy Winter Solstice
Seal-skin Fascinators?
The Vancouver Aquarium released 5 rescued harbour seals back into the ocean and plans to monitor them using satellite transmitters attached to the pups’ heads.
What would JFK do?
50 years later: Whither Democracy?
Menace sans frontières
![The devastating global super-bug, C. difficile, may have originated in Quebec, Canada. [And Canada is very sorry!]](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/16112013.jpg)
The devastating global super-bug, C. difficile, may have originated in Quebec, Canada. [And Canada is very sorry!]
