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Public grocery stores won’t fix Canada’s food affordability crisis

There are better ways to deal with this crisis than trying to put together public infrastructure from scratch.

Volunteers sort donations at Harvest Manitoba. (Shannon VanRaes/Future of Good)
Food prices are already high in Canada. Will the Iran war make them worse?

Oil‑driven cost pressures may ripple through Canada’s food system — but not as sharply as past global shocks.

Diaspora communities carry the burden of watching war from afar

How “split belonging” shapes the daily lives of immigrants navigating crises from afar

Ontario is closing its supervised consumption sites, calling them a failure. So what counts as ‘success?’

Ontario’s plan to replace supervised consumption sites with recovery‑focused hubs ignores evidence about who these services keep alive.

The crisis of youth aging out of care is why Canada needs a children and youth commissioner

Canada’s child welfare system leaves care‑experienced youth behind — a national commissioner could finally change that

Do you love sleeping with your pet? Science reveals there’s a tricky trade‑off

Why sharing a bed with your pet feels good — even when it quietly disrupts your sleep

How governments can help Indigenous communities disproportionately impacted by wildfires

Why wildfire evacuations keep failing Indigenous communities — and what governments can fix now

OP-ED: Danger was flagged, but not reported: What the Tumbler Ridge tragedy reveals about Canada’s AI governance vacuum

The Tumbler Ridge shooting exposes a dangerous policy void as AI firms navigate life‑or‑death disclosures without legal guidance.

How countries in the Americas can act to protect the environment without the United States

As the U.S. retreats from environmental oversight, countries across the Americas have a chance to build a stronger, more independent accountability system.

Draining wetlands produces substantial emissions in the Canadian Prairies: new study

Draining Prairie wetlands is driving millions of tonnes of hidden emissions, new research shows.

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