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SUZUKI – On October 21, vote for solutions to climate change

October 10, 2019 // 1 Comment

POLITICIANS ARE FINALLY talking about climate change. How could they not? In Canada, more than 800,000 young people and their supporters took to the streets on September 27, [Continue]

ELECTION 2019 – What place does populism have in election campaign?

September 18, 2019 // 1 Comment

By CHEDLY BELKHODJA Concordia University THE RECENT TWITTER ATTACKS by Maxime Bernier, leader of the People’s Party of Canada, on young Swedish climate activist Greta [Continue]

POLITICS – Green with rage: Women climate change leaders attacked online

September 14, 2019 // 3 Comments

By TRACEY RANEY and MacKENZIE GREGORY Ryerson University WOMEN LEADERS who support climate action are being attacked online with increasing regularity. These attacks should [Continue]

ELECTION 2019 – Canadians should watch out for dumbfakes, deepfakes

September 12, 2019 // 0 Comments

By DIANNE LALONDE Western University DUMBFAKES AND DEEPFAKES are edited or altered videos. In just the past few years, the capability to produce and share these videos has [Continue]

POLITICS – Will Justin Trudeau follow in his father Pierre’s footsteps?

September 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

By ALLAN BONNER Contributor, Troy Media A CHARISMATIC LEADER with most of the bloom off the rose near the end of his first mandate. An ordinary leader, elected from a [Continue]

SUZUKI – Fracked gas heats the planet but supporters say it’s a solution

September 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

THE BEST WAY to address climate disruption is… burn more fossil fuels? It doesn’t make sense, but that’s what industry, media and governments want us to believe. To [Continue]

EDUCATION – Why cursive handwriting needs to make a comeback in school

August 25, 2019 // 0 Comments

By HETTY ROESSINGH University of Calgary TEACHING CONNECTED-STYLE handwriting, otherwise known as cursive handwriting, has fallen out of fashion on many school curricula. [Continue]

POLITICS – Would Trump concede in 2020? A history lesson from 1800

August 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

By SHIRA LURIE University of Toronto As primary season heats up in the United States, the Democrats are anxiously debating the best path to unseat Donald Trump in 2020. But [Continue]

TRAVIS – Ledge needs to get over petty spats and into spending transparency

August 23, 2019 // 1 Comment

“IT’S YOUR FAULT.” “No it’s not, it’s yours.” “Stop bickering, why don’t we all just agree to blame it on the Speaker?” “We can’t [Continue]

POLITICS – Why environmental charities are afraid to talk about climate change

August 22, 2019 // 2 Comments

By DIANNE SAXE York University, Canada THERE IS A SERIOUS EROSION of democracy underway in Canada. Elections Canada is preventing environmental charities from telling the [Continue]

SUZUKI – Captive breeding only works when animals can go home

August 22, 2019 // 0 Comments

B.C. IS SPENDING hundreds of thousands of dollars on a captive breeding program to protect spotted owls. With an estimated six of the owls left in the wild in Canada, all in [Continue]

SUZUKI – New IPCC report flags diet and land-use changes to curb climate chaos

August 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

LAND AND AGRICULTURE are critical components in the climate crisis. According to a new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, land use — including agriculture [Continue]

POLITICS – Anti-Alberta bigotry clothed in environmental clichés and platitudes

August 10, 2019 // 2 Comments

It is anyone’s guess how long Albertans will put up with this assault on their interests and insult to their self-respect By BARRY COOPER University of Calgary DAVE YAGER [Continue]

SUZUKI – Deniers deflated as climate reality hits home

August 7, 2019 // 1 Comment

CLIMATE SCIENCE DENIERS are becoming desperate as their numbers diminish in the face of incontrovertible evidence that human-caused global warming is putting our future at [Continue]