“If Trump wins ... I think it would be disastrous for the planet, for people’s health,” said Kathryn Harrison, a University of British Columbia political scientist who specializes in climate policy. “That would be a very distressing outcome.”
North Island B.C. Liberal party candidate Norm Facey worked in mills and ran boom boats and tugs before getting an engineering degree that led to management positions in large mills and forestry companies locally and across the country.
"The rules are complex and they haven't been communicated as clearly as needed,” said Prof. Steven Hoffman of York University. "And some of them just don't make sense."
"Having these conversations with boys and girls at a really young age is, I think, absolutely essential to really make sure that they absorb what it is to be equal," former Tory leader Rona Ambrose said.
To celebrate five years of award-winning independent journalism, Canada’s National Observer is releasing an in-depth report on election disinformation, Digital Fractures: Disinformation, Democracy and the Media, and presenting a special six-part instalment of its Conversations series.
Six First Nations in New Brunswick have filed a lawsuit seeking a declaration of title for their traditional lands, which include much of the western half of the province.
High school students in regions under maximum alert will be required to wear masks inside classrooms, authorities said on Monday, October 5, 2020, as Quebec reported the highest number of daily COVID-19 infections since the pandemic began.
Young climate activists who have recently joined the federal Greens want newly crowned leader Annamie Paul to reach out to them and push more aggressive pandemic recovery plans than she has so far laid out.
Chief science adviser Mona Nemer talks to Canada's National Observer about how her work changed dramatically with the pandemic and why it is important to continue paying for fundamental science to prepare for the next crisis.
Plan ahead to make sure this year's Thanksgiving holiday is safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada's top public health officer urged on Sunday, October 4, 2020, as case counts continued to soar in several parts of the country.
Environment Canada predicts the upcoming decades will transform Canada’s climate, forcing farmers to re-evaluate everything from which seeds to buy to which pastures their livestock graze. That’s a huge challenge for farmers with no time to pore over scientific studies and models charting how the climate crisis will transform their land.