It’s time to save endangered fish

Everybody in the business knows that the Atlantic population of bluefin tuna is in worse trouble than the Pacific population, but how much worse? Well, here’s one measure: Stanford University’s Tag-a-… more

Human rights must apply on Indian reserves, too

LETHBRIDGE — If the Mohawk community of Kahnawake wanted a way to end up on the six o’clock news, attempts to evict 26 non-natives from their reserve was the perfect way to do it. As most readers now … more

Feminist spin doctors wrong about gender wage gap

While I applaud Advocate columnist and assistant city editor Mary-Ann Barr on a regular basis for her willingness to take a stand on issues of the day, even if I routinely disagree, her March 9 column… more

Is carbon trading just a scam?

I had a blast reading Harper’s Magazine recently. Mark Schapiro’s article on carbon-trading was a dizzying fall into th… more

Alberta must close gender gap

The best advice Alberta parents can give their daughters is to tell them to work somewhere else. Either that or tell th… more

Let’s cut through homeopathic nonsense

Medicine is fraught with difficulties. The case, currently before the Alberta courts, of the child on life support whose… more

Where on Earth is David Suzuki?

Since January there have been revelations one after another about the state of climate science, the work of the Intergov… more

Caring for ourselves goes hand in hand with caring for the planet

Ecosystems come in all shapes and sizes, often without distinct boundaries. And what happens in one ecosystem affects ot… more

Why we need men in health care

We hear that Dr. Stephen Duckett is now concerned about on-the-job injuries in Alberta Health Services. After spending … more

Outer space is our neighbourhood

In an extremely short-sighted step, President Barack Obama recently cancelled the U.S. space flight and exploration prog… more
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