Reading Time: 3 minutes There’s a gap between the stimulus that causes anger and our response. We need to better assess the situation, then choose our response
Month: April 2018
The fractured thinking behind Nova Scotia’s fracking ban
Reading Time: 3 minutes The ban on hydraulic fracturing defies science that says the practice is safe. And it means turning away from billions in profits
MedicAlert a voice for autistics in crisis situations
Reading Time: 3 minutes The MedicAlert Autism Program allows emergency responders to make better decisions to help people in times of need
Children are threatened when secrets are kept from parents
Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta’s Bill 24 ignores the fact that predators thrive in an environment where secrets are kept from parents
Trudeau’s energy quagmire
Reading Time: 4 minutes If he fails to build a national consensus on energy, Trudeau risks the dismantling of Canada
In Florida, they’re snowbirds, in B.C., they’re speculators
Reading Time: 3 minutes Penalizing foreign homebuyers fails to address the fundamental problem: a lack of available houses
The complexity, nuance and truth at the heart of residential schools
Reading Time: 6 minutes It’s instructive that no credible alternative to the residential schools has ever been put forward
Who needs spring when you have playoffs?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Plenty of talking points as the NHL and NBA start their marathons in search of champions
A gentle giant of a man, a larger-than-life icon
Reading Time: 4 minutes A new documentary about pro wrestler André the Giant paints an engrossing portrait
The crisis of diversity in the super hero realm
Reading Time: 3 minutes Look! Up in the sky. It’s a bird, it’s a plane … it’s Daycare Dynamo of the Social Justice Warriors