Canada
Canadians divided on sending Team Canada athletes to the Tokyo Olympic Games: poll
A new poll by Leger and the Association of Canadian Studies suggests the country is divided over plans to send athletes from Canada to the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo as Japan grapples with climbing COVID-19 cases.
Canada told to use AstraZeneca doses or return them to COVAX
Health Minister Patty Hajdu defended accepting the doses even though they were going to be stored for now, saying there's no indication yet provinces won't use them for second doses.
Neonic pesticides may harm monarch butterfly eggs
A recently published study suggests that one of the world's most common pesticides may be contributing to the decline of one of its most-loved butterflies.
Canada officially tosses plastic in the 'toxic' substances bin
Plastic is now considered toxic under Canada’s primary environmental law — the Canadian Environmental Protection Act — the Trudeau government announced Wednesday.
Ethics Bowl winners show what's missing in civil discourse
Jessica Strachan changed her mind halfway through responding to a judge’s question in the final case, but her underdog team from Humberside Collegiate Institute still won the argument and the national championship at last month’s virtual Ethics Bowl.
Equality, not charity, can end vaccine apartheid
In the race to protect ourselves against COVID-19, Canada's government and corporate interests have opted not for solidarity but for charity, a habit that has directly enabled vaccine apartheid, writes Jesse Firempong.
Project highlights sustainability moves by small businesses
A new project out of McGill University and the National Film Board of Canada called PIVOT aims to raise awareness about what small- and medium-sized operations across the country are doing to be sustainable.
Feds fund agriculture program to create 2,000 jobs for youth
Last week, Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced up to $21.4 million to enhance the Youth Employment and Skills Program.
Canada needs to plug methane pollution from abandoned wells
Annual methane emissions from abandoned oil and gas wells might be underestimated by as much as 150 per cent in Canada and 20 per cent in the U.S., according to a recent study from McGill University.
Line 5 shutdown supported by Ontario First Nations
The federal Liberal government is putting Canada's oil and gas industry ahead of the Great Lakes by opposing Michigan's efforts to shut down the Line 5 pipeline, says a prominent group of Ontario First Nations.
Why farmers throw food away
Farmers say they aren't getting the support they need to adequately address food waste and the problems associated with it, according to the co-author of a new study on food loss.
One of Canada’s biggest carbon sinks is circling the drain
Canada's continent-spanning forest used to remove massive amounts of CO2 from the air each year. It was a hugely valuable "carbon sink", slowing the pace of climate change and benefiting our logging industry.
A teen’s journey from Syria to role model
Valentina Shamoun found community at the local Boys and Girls Club (recently renamed BGC Canada) soon after leaving Syria at the start of that country’s civil war and has been involved ever since. Last month, she was named the Canadian chapter’s youth of the year.