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I can’t say I’ve ever seen a real, live example of the spotted tussock moth, Lophocampa maculata. From its pictures, it looks kind of like an aerial photograph of Sir Elton John taking the stage for a concert — long ...

HEATHER SHAPTER Whatever the election result, Canada must continue to invest in the futures of the world’s most vulnerable girls The power of girls to change the world is once again taking centre stage. Greta Thunberg’s inspiring ...

Successful protest after all? I am disappointed but not surprised by the recent Chronicle Herald editorials about the Extinction Rebellion protest on the Macdonald Bridge. A more responsible editorial would allocate some blame for inconvenience ...

Michael J. Armstrong, Brock University The anniversary of Canada’s recreational cannabis legalization arrives Oct. 17, just days before the federal election. Legalization was a Liberal campaign promise from the last election, so it’s ...

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Floods. Tornados. Heat waves. Melting ice caps. Sea levels rising. Wildfires. We live in epic times, but not in a good way. Some say that this federal election may be the last one in which we have a choice between a livable future for our ...

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.”  ––  Charles Dickens, 1859. Well, I guess nothing has changed. In 1859, during the chaos of the ...

I’ll admit it, I’m scared. Every day my newsfeed is filled with more news stories and scientific papers underlining the fact that the current trajectory our society is taking is akin to suicide as a species. And, as someone who has grown ...

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It’s hard to argue with a straight face that anything worthwhile came out of the Oct. 7 gong show of a leaders’ debate. But there was one kernel of truth that deserves to be unpacked. In the prescient words of Green Party Leader ...