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Should everybody be taking Ozempic?
It's estimated that as many as 10 per cent of adults in Canada use a GLP-1 type drug like Ozempic. The prescription medicine is used for type 2 diabe…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The politics of the Warner Bros. bidding war
Two of the biggest media companies in the world are going to war over Warner Bros. Discovery, a massive media conglomerate that owns a historic Holly…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The 'compassion club' fighting Canada's drug laws
Through 2022 and 2023, two Vancouver activists made international headlines with DULF — the Drug User Liberation Front. In a bid to stop overdose dea…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
U.S. Politics! Pentagon scandals, ICE targets Somalis
Today, we bring you a wrap on U.S. politics. We begin with two scandals plaguing U.S. defense secretary Pete Hegseth, from allegations of war crimes …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Mark Carney: climate friend or foe?
In 2015, as governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney’s ‘Tragedy of the Horizons’ speech made waves in the global climate community. It was seen a…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Will Trump's tariffs survive the Supreme Court?
The U.S. Supreme Court is soon expected to rule on the legality of President Donald Trump's sweeping worldwide tariffs. The court will rule on whethe…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
National Guard shooting and the CIA’s secret Afghan army
Last week, two National Guard soldiers were shot in Washington, D.C. after they were ambushed by a lone shooter near the airport. One was killed and …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Should universities have opinions?
Our guest today has taken a long look at an out-of-fashion principle in higher learning – institutional neutrality. Basically it’s the importance of …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Will the U.S. invade Venezuela?
Over the weekend, Donald Trump declared on Truth Social that the airspace around Venezuela should be considered closed. Venezuela’s foreign ministry …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Ukraine peace plan,or Russian ‘wish list’?
In a somber speech last week Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned his people that their country was on the brink of a critical choice: eith…
6 months ago