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Canadian Health Care Is Failing Our Refugees
Posted on 26.05.2017 | No CommentsSyrian refugee family, sponsored by a local group called Ripple Refugee Project, pose for photos. (Getty) By Y.Y. Brandon Chen and Vanessa Gruben Despite policy changes last April to Canada's refugee health care program, many people continue to be l... -
When More Women Work, Economies Grow
Posted on 31.03.2017 | No CommentsBy Alexandra Crofton and Tite Nyabenda This March we saw women come together in celebration of International Women's Day and demand more action to end inequality. In the conversation of improving women's rights and gender equality, one area often lef... -
Gender Equality Starts With Taps And Toilets
Posted on 18.01.2017 | No CommentsFile photo. (Photo: BSIP via Getty Images) By Nicole Hurtubise, CEO, WaterAid Canada Last year I visited Belavabary, a small village in rural Madagascar, which is home to an 11-year-old girl named Noeline. Noeline is what we, at WaterAid, call a wa... -
What’s on the menu for war-ravaged Aleppo’s starving residents? Garbage and grass
Posted on 26.11.2016 | No CommentsThe 275,000 residents of East Aleppo have been at the centre of Syria’s civil war since July, when they last received food or medical supplies from the UN relief agency -
‘Fake News’ Isn’t Just Facebook’s Problem
Posted on 25.11.2016 | No CommentsFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks on stage on April 12, 2016. (Photo: REUTERS/Stephen Lam) A version of this blog originally appeared on White Cover Magazine. Blame Facebook if you want, if you're afraid to take responsibility. Blame the Internet... -
How To Support Standing Rock Right Now
Posted on 22.11.2016 | No CommentsThe Standing Rock protest is an effort to block the Dakota Access pipeline. This pipeline will carry 450,000 barrels of oil per day, over the Bakken fields of North Dakota, 1,172 miles to Patoka, Illinois. The original route led it close to the town of... -
Let’s Find Some Better Words For Weed
Posted on 18.11.2016 | No CommentsThe Queens of Cannabis is one of the dozens of medical pot dispensaries in Toronto. (Photo: Richard Lautens/Toronto Star via Getty Images) Pot. Dope. Weed. 420. Bud. Doobie. Toke. Even 15 years after marijuana was approved for legal medical use in C... -
Energy minister working to improve access to energy retrofit program in northern Ontario
Posted on 18.11.2016 | No CommentsOntario's energy minister says he is working to ensure Ontarians can access an energy retrofit program, after the NDP noted issues making it inaccessible for some northerners. -
Former employee “inappropriately accessed” personal health information
Posted on 14.11.2016 | No CommentsPersonal health information of 197 people was "inappropriately accessed" by a former employee according to Manitoba Health -
Hillary Clinton on cusp of commanding victory as moderate Republicans abandon Donald Trump: poll
Posted on 27.10.2016 | No Comments'I’m going to pick Hillary at the top and pick Republican straight down the line,' said one poll respondent. 'I can’t vote for Trump' -
‘These Liberals look a lot like the old Liberals:’ Bill Morneau says ritzy Halifax fundraiser ‘followed all applicable rules’
Posted on 20.10.2016 | No CommentsFinance Minister Bil Morneau came under fire Wednesday over the Oct. 13 event at a Halifax waterfront mansion owned by a prominent land developer -
Ontario Has Too Many Patients And Too Few Resources
Posted on 06.10.2016 | No CommentsI ran to the Code Blue: a woman, 60's, just diagnosed with metastatic cancer, was found unresponsive -- in other words, dead. With seconds to act, somehow, we brought her back and hooked her up to life support. This was a rural Ontario hospital so we...
