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Jul 11, 2017  Butterflyways are blooming throughout the landDavid Suzuki Jode Roberts Pollinator pathway. Bumblebee highway. River of Flowers. Bee Line. These all describe habitat corridors created to help pollinators like bees and butterflies. We can add Butterflyways to the list. |
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Jul 4, 2017  Big Tobacco will be pleased as Derek Fildebrandt's 'liberty' video assails restrictions on flavoured cigarettesDavid J. Climenhaga Alberta regulation of flavoured tobacco has little to do with adults and lots to do with protecting children and youth from an effective gateway to addiction. |
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Jun 30, 2017  Medicare might be the most resilient Canadian symbolThe symbols that would have the right to hang out proudly with other national symbols are all in decline. "O Canada" and the Maple Leaf are down, the Mounties and beaver, way down. |
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Jun 29, 2017  Access to health care is a matter of life and deathWe need to open the airwaves to include a diversity of voices, including those who are advocating for single-payer health care. |
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Jun 27, 2017  A broad vision for sexual and reproductive health and rightsTalking Radical Radio Sandeep Prasad and Frédérique Chabot talk about the work of Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights. |
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Jun 22, 2017  There is no rational reason why Medicare couldn't be expanded to cover all AmericansAs Trumpcare versus Obamacare dominates the cable news, the unreported movement for single-payer health care grows. As with all great shifts in history, when the people lead, the leaders follow. |
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Jun 20, 2017  Agriculture stats call for political will as family farms dwindleIn mid-May the federal government began to release the long-awaited results of the 2016 Agriculture Census. While lots of the detail has yet to be revealed, there is enough to see the big picture. |
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Jun 13, 2017  Logistical barriers prevent migrant farm workers from accessing health careHeryka Miranda Volunteers from the Migrant Worker Summer festival speak to the need for mobile clinics and culturally sensitive care for seasonal workers. |
 Canadian Health Coalition and Ontario Health Coalition issue astounding report on Private ClinicsReports Read the report and find out about how much private clinics are really costing us |
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Jun 12, 2017  Creating a new vision for migrant worker health careHeryka Miranda The Migrant Worker Summer Festival brings together farm workers and community members in the Niagara Region. |
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Jun 11, 2017  Toronto leads the country with inaction on homelessnessCathy Crowe A recent outpouring of advocacy calling for City Hall action on homelessness still leaves people without shelter. |
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May 31, 2017  Can a child fit into a womb? Brian Lilley apparently thinks so.Nora Loreto Brian Lilley thinks he knows best when it comes to Niki Ashton's pregnancy. |
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May 21, 2017  Food Secure Canada´s advice for a coherent National Food PolicyIn the coming weeks, the federal government is expected to launch its consultation on a national food policy. Food Secure Canada has put its recommendations into this discussion paper. |
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May 18, 2017  Bold ideas for health-care reformradio book lounge Dr. Danielle Martin talks about her book "Better Now: Six Big Ideas to Improve Health Care for All" at Progress Summit 2017. |
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May 16, 2017  Thanks to Twitter diplomacy, Trump reminds us that dairy supply management worksBy turning the focus on Canadian dairy farming, U.S. President Donald Trump has unwittingly helped to remind us why supply management is key to treating farmers fairly. |
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May 12, 2017  Jimmy Kimmel deplores 'pay-or-die' U.S. health-care system, but Canada's is also lackingEd Finn "If your baby doesn’t have to die, it shouldn't matter how much money you make," Jimmy Kimmel argued. |
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May 4, 2017  North Carolina residents fight back against corporate factory hog farmsThere are 10 million people in North Carolina, and nine million hogs. Judging by the smell, the hogs are winning. Or, rather, the giant corporate factory hog farms are. |
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Apr 26, 2017  Hamilton takes integrated approach to opioid crisisDoreen Nicoll Emergency department visits for opioid poisoning is more than double the provincial average for those 15 to 24 years of age. |
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Apr 25, 2017  Make American dairy farms great again! Adopt supply managementDavid J. Climenhaga While supply management gives consumers a quality product at a price that allows local farmers a living wage, the alternative is not cheaper milk, cheese, eggs and poultry. |
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Apr 18, 2017  Ho-hum budget delivers little vision or action on agricultureThe Liberals tabled another "stay-tuned" budget, with little commitment and definitely little vision for how the agricultural economy of this country might be best developed in the public interest. |
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Apr 13, 2017  The Holocaust has nothing to do with abortionA video that compares abortion to the Holocaust was shown in March at a Catholic high school in Red Deer, Alberta. Yes, that's right -- women who have abortions are equivalent to genocidal Nazis. |
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Apr 12, 2017  Climate action is healthcare outside the clinic It has taken health professionals a long time to generate an effective response to the threat climate change poses to health but we are now at the bedside, and the resuscitation has begun. |
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Apr 12, 2017  NDP plan to change funding model for agricultural commissions is unlikely to much help farmers or the governmentDavid J. Climenhaga Continuing to make farmers fund agricultural check-off organizations, some of which function almost as auxiliaries of the Wildrose Opposition, is not going to help the Alberta NDP. |
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Apr 12, 2017  Citizen science and genetic testing yield positive resultsDavid Suzuki Combining crowd-sourced scientific data, public policy reform and consumer activism could work in areas such as testing for antibiotics, pesticide and mercury residues and more. |
