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Lesson from Fukushima: Collusion in the nuclear domain

This month marks the 12th anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, when three nuclear reactors in Japan suffered catastrophic meltdowns.

Opinion

By Gordon Edwards & Susan O’Donnell | Opinion | March 13th 2023

Marine life that live and rely on international waters, such as the whale shark above, will benefit from new landmark high seas treaty. Photo NOAA / Unsplash

‘Excruciating’ negotiations produce an unprecedented global treaty to protect the high seas

The new global high seas biodiversity treaty finally offers binding protections to marine life across huge swaths of the open ocean and helps stem climate change and biodiversity collapse.

Negotiating survival

By Rochelle Baker | News, Island Insider | March 7th 2023

The Russian flag flies outside the Embassy of the Russian Federation to Canada in Ottawa on Monday, March 26, 2018. File photo by The Canadian Press/Justin Tang

Canada is a 'very dangerous country' to visit: Russian ambassador

Russia's ambassador in Ottawa claims Canada is unsafe for his compatriots to visit.

By Dylan Robertson | News, Politics | February 14th 2023

There is a well-organized system helping asylum seekers enter Canada

Moments after a Greyhound bus from New York City pulls into a gas station bus stop in Plattsburgh, N.Y., on Friday at 5:25 a.m., several minivan taxis swarm the vehicle.

By Marisela Amador | News, US News, Politics | February 13th 2023

Will Biden's second state of the union take a less protectionist approach to Canada?

A new poll suggests a majority of Canadians still see the United States as their country's closest ally, even in an age of isolationism and protectionist policies.

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | February 7th 2023

Visitors and tourists to Parliament Hill stand around the Centennial flame on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. File photo by The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

COVID-19 tests to remain mandatory for travellers from China for another two months

People arriving on flights to Canada from China, Hong Kong and Macao will have to do a COVID-19 test before they board for another two months, after Canada announced it would renew border restrictions on air travel from those areas on Thursday, February 2, 2023.

By Laura Osman | News, Politics | February 3rd 2023

Mary Ng, right, looks on as Katherine Tai speaks during a joint news conference in Ottawa, on Thursday, May 5, 2022. File photo by The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

U.S. launches second salvo in dairy battle with Canada

The United States doubled down on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, in its ongoing dispute with Canada over dairy imports, accusing one of its closest trading partners of shirking its responsibilities under the terms of North America's three-year-old trade agreement.

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | February 1st 2023

Fish swim in a coral reef in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Fish, it turns out, chat about everything from what area of the sea has the best food to where predators might be hiding. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Simon Fraser University-Kieran Cox

Fish sounds could help scientists understand their watery world

Study co-author Kieran Cox of Simon Fraser University said sound is a medium for fish to exchange large amounts of information, just as humans do.

By Hina Alam | News | January 24th 2023

Fossil fuel pollution is adding four atomic bombs worth of energy to the climate every second

The carbon bomb makers — Canada versus our peers

It turns out Canada really is a climate leader — but sadly, in the wrong direction. Barry Saxifrage shows us how.

Race Against Climate Change

By Barry Saxifrage | Analysis, Climate Solutions Reporting | January 23rd 2023

Health Canada downplayed scientific concerns about risks of toxic pesticide that causes birth defects

Canada's pesticide regulator repeatedly ignored red flags raised by its own scientists about the health risks posed by the pesticide chlorpyrifos, stalling a review of the pesticide for close to 20 years, documents obtained by the environmental group Ecojustice reveal.

By Marc Fawcett-Atkinson | News | January 23rd 2023

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