The Hidden, Deadly Epidemic in Partner Violence
Choking does lasting damage and is a warning sign that a partner will kill. It’s still often undetected.
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Canada Must Investigate the Convoy Money
Given the signs it’s a foreign funded campaign, you’d think Jason Kenney would be all over it.
Arms exports to UAE may be fuelling Yemen war, newly-released records show
Internal government communications released under access to information show questions were asked about whether Canadian weapons would be used in Yemen. But Global Affairs Canada wouldn’t answer.
What could Canada do with 20 years of lost corporate tax?
Canadian governments lost over $1.1 trillion in revenue due to tax cuts and declining corporate tax rates between 2000 and 2019
Masks Work. Why Were We Slow to Say It?
A new study blames flawed research and a confounding mistrust of common sense.
Climate Skeptic Patrick Moore Axed from BC Conference
Provincial regulatory agencies said they weren’t given the ‘whole story’ on keynote speaker.
Using Fat People in COVID Thought Experiments Is Unjust and Regressive
Debating taxes for the unvaxed? Leave those with COVID comorbidities out of it.
How SUVs came to be a massive climate problem
Or, the complex political economy of auto manufacturing
Grieving in the Age of Estrangement and Division
When I lost my father, I wasn’t sure how to react — in some ways, he’d been gone for much longer.
Amnesty report on Israeli apartheid demands debate on Canada’s role
Report concludes Israel’s treatment of Palestinians constitutes a “cruel system of domination and a crime against humanity”
Where the Convoy Is Trying to Drive Canada
The destination is the ditch of Trumpism, our democratic institutions undercut by paranoid illiberalism.
Kenney Ordered Public Input on Coal Mining. Was It a Sham?
Alberta’s premier keeps talking up mining. Is that why he’s so slow to reveal his Coal Policy Committee’s report?
How Kenney’s Convoy Support Backfired
He cheered on angry truckers. Now he’s begging them to stop blocking his border.
Vancouver’s Big, Promising Step on Affordable Housing
Council approved a version of the Making HOME proposal that, thankfully, has features to blunt spiralling land cost inflation.
Where Are Our Manners?
Animal behaviour reigns these days. An update on etiquette in crises.