Last month, UN secretary general António Guterres declared: "If there is a hell on earth, it is the lives of children in Gaza."

With new variants developing rapidly, Canadians can expect that an annual booster for COVID-19 will become a routine part of preventive health care.

Don't let Bill S-222 -- which seeks to eliminate mandated racist and colonial ways of engaging with communities -- die on the order paper.

Truth and reconciliation, like thoughts and prayers, are empty without meaningful, concrete and ongoing actions.

We have known for decades what it will take to rewrite the future history of Indigenous nations in Canada. When will any government get the courage to take the first step?

To build peace, we need to end the war against nature and stop the killing of land and environmental defenders.

In mid-May, the X-Press Pearl container ship started leaking acid and caught fire while anchored off the coast of Sri Lanka. The fire destroyed much cargo, but plastic debris started washing ashore.

How many otherwise bored, overlooked, or alienated African-Canadian kids could teachers inspire if they taught a "Wakanda" curriculum connecting the fictional content to its real-world inspiration?

Keystone XL is no more. This time, it seems like there's no coming back.

The core narrative remains untouched: Canada is a polite and compassionate country; we don't do these things at home; we are shocked by these acts of violence.

There is no rationale or explanation good enough. There is no room for condolences without accountability and action.

Sweden's space agency has cancelled a solar geoengineering test whose ultimate goal is to dim the sun as a way to counter climate change.

Survivors have been sharing the ugly truths of the so-called residential 'schools' for many years. Who was listening?

It is time that the government of Canada took both diplomatic and legal steps to push back against France's unfair and unlawful pursuit of a Canadian citizen.

There are three glaring asymmetries made evident by the recent arrest of Rabbi David Mivasair following his participation in a demonstration outside the Israeli consulate in Toronto.

Given the calls for accountability that are now being voiced for one of Canada's most shameful tragedies, this omission must stand as one of the saddest failures of recent Canadian journalism.

As for the details and intent of the crime, if it marches like genocide, and talks like genocide, it is genocide.

The aerial spraying of the herbicide glyphosate on Canada's forests has been going on for so long that observers on the ground can no longer doubt the widespread damage it leaves behind.

Israel is merely one entry in a list of countries Canada sells weapons to which systematically violate human rights, including the massacre of civilians.

Among those of us here in Canada who feel some connection to the beleaguered region, despair often seems like the only possible response. But many continue to believe a just settlement is possible.

More than 2,000 Canadian journalists and others recently signed a letter calling for more accurate and inclusive coverage of Middle Eastern conflicts. It's proven to be controversial.

The road to recovery will be a much smoother ride for some Canadians than others. We need to talk about why that is and how to fix it.

Shots in arms are essential. So are lockdowns and stay-at-home orders. But it takes both to achieve herd immunity. Isn't it time we realized this?

For all its good intentions, very little this government is doing addresses the looming housing crisis for millions of poor, young and otherwise marginalized Canadians.

Caught up in their struggle to attain power, political parties are reacting to what they think matters for the next election campaign and ignoring issues that matter for the future of humanity.

What is happening right now in Palestine is not only a test of political will -- and international law -- but of our shared humanity.

In a 2021 report, Health Canada said what it calls "above background" air pollution contributes to over 15,000 premature deaths a year in Canada.

Concerns are growing about the proposed burial of high-level nuclear waste in northwestern Ontario.