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This year’s heatwaves have been a huge challenge – and scientists predict 2024 will likely break records again

Public health experts aren't sure how many people die because of the heat each year, because there's no standard for what constitutes a "heat-related" death.

When towns lose bowling alleys or movie theaters or libraries, they lose a safety net in the battle against addiction.

Proponents of Ontario Place’s ‘revitalization’ say it serves the public good. The problem is, it’s not public - and that’s not good

Of the many lessons to be drawn from the last decades’ battles over climate policy, one is that yelling at people about data doesn’t tend to make them do something about it. Scientists have produced a steady drumbeat of ever-scarier numbers since the 1980s, detailing the horrors to expect as temperatures rise. Many of those horrors are coming to life; July may well have been the hottest month earth has seen in 120,000 years. Despite this crush of evidence and growing public awareness, government