India’s election results a rebuke of Modi’s vision for the country
The polls said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party would win big, the media followed suit, and pundits began writing about the impending demise of India’s democracy. They were all wrong.
France recognizes Canadian D-Day veterans for their ‘courage and sacrifice’
Eighty years ago, 14,000 Canadian soldiers landed at Juno Beach, and 1,063 lost their lives in Normandy, France.
Poilievre’s messaging signals plans for an austerity agenda
Poilievre’s credentials as a member of the proletariat are lacking, but his skill in political scheming is not. He’s steering the discourse away from wages and government services, and towards austerity.
Heavy fuel oil ban coming July 1, Inuit Nunangat communities still vulnerable to marine spills
Alarmingly, Canada’s largest Arctic bulk shipping carrier’s yearly report shows a nearly 60 per cent increase in heavy fuel oil use from 2022 to 2023. This is the opposite trend required to clean up Arctic shipping.
Immunotherapy a beacon of hope in Canada’s fight against cancer
The gap between treatment and cure underscores the dire need for innovative approaches in our health-care strategy.
How we should move forward with the energy transition
The path forward includes expanding our wind and solar capacities, harnessing geothermal energy, and continuing to develop cutting-edge carbon capture and storage solutions.
Critical mineral mining: stabilizing Canada’s economy through energy justice
A sustainable mining sector will minimize negative environmental, social, and economic impacts.
Take science skeptics with a grain of salt, says B.C. fish doctor
Re: “Will Canada gamble Pacific salmon on DFO science?” (The Hill Times, May 27) Regarding the question about marine net-pen salmon aquaculture in British Columbia, Tony Allard recommends, “our elected officials should treat the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s advice with skepticism and caution.” Based on my 20 years of experience as a board-certified […]
Forestry has finally been recognized as a climate polluter: now what?
Acknowledging and reducing the ecological and climate impacts of logging is key to stemming the climate and biodiversity crises.
Broad generalizations inaccurate and unhelpful, writes Nuclear Society
Re: “Humans should not be exposed to deadly radioactive poisons: Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility,” (The Hill Times, May 27, p. 8). By inappropriately redefining “clean” as being something that is “not radioactive,” Gordon Edwards makes a mockery of the word. By his definition our foods, buildings, and even ourselves must all be considered “unclean,” […]
