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Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, aiming to counter an increasingly hostile China, makes no mention of liquefied natural gas

The world’s leading climate scientists released a report this week calling for urgent action to reduce greenhouse gases.

The world’s leading climate scientists released a report this week calling for urgent action to reduce greenhouse gases.

Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy has said now is the time for fiscal "restraint" after several years of big spending and high-deficit budgets during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The conference aims to provide support for academics and students whose work has been jeopardized by Russian’s invasion of Ukraine

Thanks to the climate crisis, the Horn of Africa is facing its worst drought in four decades. Somalia's economic turmoil has increased, and there is a lot of pressure on the diaspora, especially in Canada, to send more money to relatives.

The extended family of South African orphan Ryleigh Ridland are taking their fight to get her a temporary visitor visa to federal court after a two year legal wrangle to bring her to Canada. The nine-year-old girl's legal guardian fears her efforts will be lost among an unprecedented surge of applications as world events see more people applying to an already backlogged system.

Americans frequently ask why should they donate to Ukraine, given that the US government is supporting the Ukrainian government. This is a perfectly reasonable question.

China's not the first country to try to meddle in Canada's elections and they probably won't be the last. Why it's time for a serious investigation into the threats to our democracy — and why that should go further than just China.

Money better spent on repairing our crumbling infrastructure, especially roads used by all and a top priority of most of our citizens.