John Lorinc takes home top Balsillie prize for book on smart cities
Plus, Equal Voice appoints a former Ontario Liberal Party candidate as its new executive director, and Party Under the Stars, an event supporting post-combat wellness programs is back.
Vinland: a question of timing
Two centuries ago, our knowledge of the past barely reached back past classical Greece and Rome: say, 3,000 years. Now scientists are working hard to puzzle out past climate states ranging from hundreds to billions of years ago because understanding the patterns of the past may help us through whatever happens next. Every scrap of information may be valuable, writes Gwynne Dyer.
UNESCO delivered a blistering assessment of the state of Wood Buffalo National Park, and the Mikisew Cree First Nation believes there is a path forward for Canada
Natural World Heritage Sites contain the planet’s most outstanding natural wonders and Canada has the honour of having one of the largest, Wood Buffalo National Park. The heart of the park is the Peace Athabasca Delta (PAD), one of the world’s largest freshwater deltas and a unique area supporting migratory birds, wood bison, and Indigenous […]
A week of frosty strolls and dire variant warnings
Emergency sittings, committee meetings can be accommodated during critical House maintenance period, but will have to be in person
As MPs head home for the winter break, the House will be undergoing a critical update to its broadcasting system, but the House administration maintains the work won’t interrupt any potential “emergency” parliamentary sittings. If needed, the House will “find a way” to accommodate an emergency recall. “I can guarantee you that if there would […]
“What will your party’s caucus be focused on over the winter break?”
Kate Purchase Liberal strategist “For Parliament to be a place where MPs can do serious work on behalf of their constituents and hold the government to account, MPs need to spend as much time as possible in their ridings. That is why—as the House rises for the winter break—our MPs are excited to return to […]
