Flooding: Is It Time to Stop Living in Basements?
By Bernard Deschamps, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) Repeated flooding is neither inevitable nor exceptional. Whether it’s the…
Bruce Cockburn: Staying Open
I have six grandchildren and wish to help them out financially. Some of them are young adults and will soon be leaving the nest. I figure that every little sum of money I can give them will contribute to securing…
Who Dies in a Heat Wave? How to Help Protect the Vulnerable in our Communities
By Myles David Sergeant, McMaster University Extreme heat is a silent killer. From time to time, we hear about…
Create Your Own Blue Zone
By Jacqueline Simoneau The world’s five blue zones are geographic areas with large numbers of people who live to…
Where Did My Glow Go? Acids to the Rescue
By Jessica Dostie Their names may sound scary, but there’s nothing to be afraid of. Alpha-hydroxy acids (AHAs) and…
Help Out Now or Later?
Olev Edur answers your questions about your rights, personal finance, and estate planning I want to renew my will,…
Mpox: What to Watch Out for, Treatment and What to Worry About
By Cheryl Walter, University of Hull The new strain of the mpox virus is spreading quickly along the eastern border…
Floods: How Nature-Based Solutions Can Promote Effective Flood Management
By Brendon Samuels, Western University This week, large areas of Ontario experienced severe flooding that caused widespread power outages,…
Disney’s New Disability Access Policy Risks Excluding Some Disabled Visitors
By Susan Cape, McMaster University This past June, Charisma Mangahas — a young woman with Guillain-Barre Syndrome — shared on…
Take Advantage of Lower Interest Rates
By Olev Edur They went up, and then they went up again...and now? Standard investment practice is to create…