Installing insulation can be hazardous to your health
Use of less hazardous materials, personal protective equipment and regular health checkups recommended…
The war on drugs is costly and off-target
A report on drug abuse released by police chiefs is less about reducing drug abuse and more about protecting police budgets and jobs…
Cities’ push for new taxes divorced from reality
Alberta’s cities need to first tackle the cost elephant in the room: labour…
Is dam removal the wave of the future?
Research suggests it makes more ecological and economic sense to dismantle dams than to restore or maintain them…
What an Indigenous force can teach us about policing
Adding more weapons, equipment and officers doesn’t provide a straight line to happier and safer communities…
Breathing new life into cities post-COVID-19
New guide shows how planners can revive urban centres by shifting focus of vacant spaces from commercial to cultural…
Half measures won’t solve the problem with police
It’s time to reduce funding to police and reallocate those dollars to more proactive ways to reduce crime…
Toronto has more important priorities right now than a $3.8-billion park
With a shot at a third term, mayor John Tory is not about to let his city's devastated finances get in the way of his legacy park…
Defunding police a movement whose time has come
Reallocating some police funding to social workers, making body cameras mandatory would cut unnecessary violence…
Why have we become a nation of litterbugs?
We have first-rate collection for everything from garbage, to yard waste and recyclables. Yet we continue to litter…