Turf wars and disaster tourists: a refugee field clinic’s struggle
Medical workers from across Canada have volunteered and even paid their own way to provide aid to refugees at the Ukrainian border, taking a mission with disaster relief group Canadian Medical Assista...
29 Maalis 202226min
As war in Ukraine rages, assessing the nuclear risk
A nuclear war cannot be won and should never be fought,” warned NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg last Wednesday. It’s a prospect that many in Canada haven’t had to consider since the end of t...
28 Maalis 202226min
Bonus | Nothing is Foreign: How Chelsea FC’s sanctions raise questions of ethical sports ownership
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has delivered unprecedented success for his team, London's Chelsea Football Club, in the English Premier League. But with sanctions tightening around Abramovich, ...
26 Maalis 202236min
Anti-trans bills sweep the U.S.
Earlier this month, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered child protective services to investigate parents of transgender youth seeking gender-affirming care. Even going so far as to say that this care shoul...
25 Maalis 202229min
A WNBA star, detained in Russia
For more than a month, one of the biggest women’s basketball stars in the world has been detained in Russia. Russian officials are alleging that Brittney Griner, a centre for the Phoenix Mercury of th...
24 Maalis 202225min
Will the Liberal-NDP marriage end in divorce?
According to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, an unstable world demands a stable Canadian Parliament. Trudeau pointed to the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and financial and trade woes yesterday, before ...
23 Maalis 202222min
The state of Russia’s war in Ukraine
It’s been almost a month since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The UN Human Rights Office says at least 902 civilians have been killed between Feb. 24 and March 19, but warns that ...
22 Maalis 202223min
The convoy left, but tensions remain
In February, as a massive trucker convoy rolled into Ottawa to protest COVID-19 mandates, another convoy set up outside the tiny town of Coutts, Alta., where protesters paralyzed a major U.S.-Canada b...
21 Maalis 202231min
