science

Across Canada and around the world today, people are marching for science. Under U.S. president Donald Trump’s administration, the dismissal and defunding of science – especially, but not limited to, climate and environmental science – has given new urgency to efforts to protect and promote science in the public interest.

The family of Apotex founder Barry Sherman says they are proud he is being appointed to the Order of Canada. Sherman was nominated for his entrepreneurship in the pharmaceutical industry as well as his philanthropic support of education and other charities. The Order of Canada cannot be awarded to someone after their death, but Sherman was nominated more than six months ago.

Premier Kathleen Wynne wrapped up a trade mission to China and says the trip has secured nearly $2 billion in agreements between Ontario and Chinese companies.

An analysis of dozens of blogs that question the threat climate change poses to polar bears has found those publications ignore virtually all the science on both the bears and sea ice.