Issues Pages: Food & Health

Columnists
A caution sign reads "Pesticide spraying in progress. Proceed at own risk." Image credit: jetsandzeppelins/Flickr
Poison with your cereal, anyone?
Lois Ross | A Health Canada agency is proposing to increase the levels allowed by law of glyphosate (e.g., Roundup) permitted in Canadian food.
Columnists
A sunset in Sutton, Ontario. Image: pontla/Flickr
Groundhogs, sunscreen, and COVID-19
Evelyn Lazare | As we emerge from stay-at-home orders like groundhogs into the sun, don't forget these important health safety measures.
Blog
Toronto police and security personnel are seen through an orange fence during the eviction. Image: Rafi Aaron/Used with permission
The militarized assault on Toronto's homeless people continues
Cathy Crowe | Toronto's mayor John Tory continues to defy international public health guidelines to not evict encampments and employ a human rights approach.
News
Single-use plastic straws, which could be banned by the end of 2021. Image: Chemist 4 U/Flickr
Big plastic's 'trashy' lawsuit
Joyce Nelson | In May, Canada added plastic items to the list of toxic substances under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. Within days, the plastics industry filed an application for a lawsuit.
Podcast
Image: Dr. Vandana Shiva. Used with Permission
COVID, capitalism, climate: the way forward
Victoria Fenner, Resh Budhu | Ep. 6 of the Courage My Friends podcast concludes with Dr. Vandana Shiva, internationally renowned eco-feminist, scientist and author.
Columnists
A dog named Flash watches planes go by. Image credit: bravoinsd/Flickr
Could Air Canada's ban on emotional support animals be challenged?
Pro Bono, Claudia Pedrero | In a policy change effective March 1, 2021, Air Canada implemented a ban on emotional support animals in its cabins.
Columnists
Public health initiative in rural Karnataka, India. Image credit: Trinity Care Foundation/Flickr
Delta variant largely 'a developing country problem'
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | The gap between the rich and the poor is the result of vaccine apartheid. While this inequity persists, none of us will truly be safe.
Columnists
Dairy cows. Image credit: CallyL/pixabay.com
Bloc MP moves to protect supply management
Lois Ross | The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the importance of supply management and how it has actually helped secure domestic supply and lessen food waste compared to the situation in many other countries.
Columnists
A syringe and needle. Image credit: Bicanski/Pixnio.
A combined flu and COVID-19 vaccine booster is in the works
Evelyn Lazare | With new variants developing rapidly, Canadians can expect that an annual booster for COVID-19 will become a routine part of preventive health care.
Blog
Cancun: a destination prize offered to participants in Alberta's vaccine lottery. Image credit: Jorge Nava/Flickr.
In ironic twist, Alberta's vaccine lottery to include Mexican vacation prizes
David J. Climenhaga | Many Albertans' travel dreams seem to involve getting the hell out of the province and not coming back. This is particularly true of physicians from southern Alberta.
Podcast
Zoe Dodd and Keith McCrady. Image credit: used with permission
From epidemic to pandemic: rethinking health
Victoria Fenner, Resh Budhu | Episode four of the Courage My Friends podcast asks: 'What can Indigenous philosophies teach us about health and wellness?' With guests Zoë Dodd and Keith McCrady.
Columnists
Justin Trudeau and Boris Johnson. Image credit: Andrew Parsons/No 10 Downing Street/Flickr
The G7 was a failure on COVID-19 and a fiasco for the U.K.
Duncan Cameron | The U.K., Germany, and Canada were silent on the subject of monopoly pharmaceutical companies unwilling to act on behalf of countries in need of vaccines because it would interfere with their profits.
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