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Horses dominated transportation for more than 6,000 years, even after steam-powered automobiles came along in 1769. It was the invention of the internal combustion engine (ICE) that revolutionized transportation...

Back in 1993, Canada made a decision that was little noticed domestically but was felt around the world. In a cost-cutting measure, Canada severed ties with the United Nations...

(This article has been translated from French.) Health Canada has taken seven years to review the risks posed to pollinators by neonicotinoids. Given global scientific consensus on the negative impact...

Des inondations, parfois de grande ampleur, frappent partout dans le monde ― et ce depuis longtemps ―, notamment dans les territoires urbanisés. De nombreuses villes se sont justement développées...

Given the ongoing polarization over the effectiveness of carbon taxes to move the needle on greenhouse gases (GHGs), it makes sense to look to British Columbia, now that it...

2019 has seen huge developments in Canadian politics, and we still have months to go until the federal election. We know some of the political questions that will define...

The federal government had three pipeline options to ship Alberta’s oil to the West Coast. It cancelled one (Northern Gateway) and is in the process of shutting down another...

The world’s forests are being cut down in ways and at rates that make natural recovery difficult, if not impossible — to the detriment of the life, livelihoods and...

The Chinese written character for “crisis” perfectly frames the art of politics. It consists of two characters: danger and opportunity. In politics, danger to your opponent is opportunity for you....

Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time has been called the world’s least read, most celebrated book. In a more humble category, Bill C-69 could be Canada’s least read,...