On a December night almost four years ago, in his waning days as U.S. vice-president, Joe Biden offered some advice to the new kid on the block. “The world is going to spend a lot of time looking to you, Mr. Prime Minister, as we see more and more challenges to the liberal international order […]
It doesn’t take much digging. Across the world and within the United States, workers—both in the public and private sectors—are demanding living wages, better working conditions, and above all, dignity. Here’s just a sample. In , garment factory workers have been striking for nearly a week over the poor working conditions in their country, facing […]
Human rights organisation Amnesty International is hoping that Lewis Hamilton will spoke out over proposals for Formula 1 to hold a Grand Prix in Saudi Arabia in 2021. The new race was among those included in the provisional 23-event calendar for next season, and has provoked controversy because of the country’s record on human rights […]
OTTAWA ― Statistics Canada says the pace of job growth slowed in October as the economy added 83,600 jobs in the month compared with 378,000 in September. The unemployment rate was little changed at 8.9 per cent compared with 9.0 per cent in September. Overall, there were about 1.8 million people out of work in […]
EDMONTON — Premier Jason Kenney is strongly urging Albertans to stop holding house parties and get-togethers to bend the curve on sharply rising COVID-19 cases. Alberta reported just over 1,400 new cases over the last two days, and Kenney said Friday the province is at “a turning point” and more stringent measures may come if […]
TORONTO ― General Motors Canada president Scott Bell says the automaker will bring pickup truck production back to its Oshawa, Ont., assembly plant. The announcement Thursday came after the company reached a tentative contract agreement with Unifor. “Construction will begin immediately at Oshawa Assembly and will include a new body shop and flexible assembly module, […]
MONTREAL — Until he reached age 44, Pascal Bédard loved nothing more than beef-flank steak. Today, he can’t stand sitting at the table with someone who is eating so much as an egg or any other animal product. This part-time economics professor and full-time anti-speciesist vegan activist wants to end the exploitation of animals once […]
Thousands, if not millions, of people are expected to take to the streets across the world on Saturday in the second “March Against Monsanto” to protest the biotech giant. Organizers say demonstrations have been scheduled for Saturday, October 12 in six continents, 52 countries and over 500 cities to call for the permanent boycott of […]
A draft of a global scientific review on how human and natural systems are expected to respond to the growing threat of climate change has been leaked and its contents—though not wholly unexpected to those who have followed climate science news in recent years—are nonetheless both alarming and devastating. Titled, , the leaked document is […]
A flash of luck helped astronomers solve a cosmic mystery: What causes powerful but fleeting radio bursts that zip and zigzag through the universe? Scientists have known about these energetic pulses — called fast radio bursts — for about 13 years and have seen them coming from outside our galaxy, which makes it harder to […]