An advertisement by the American company Polymarket show Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo ahead of the New York City mayoral election in November 2025, in New York.
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Prediction markets are becoming mainstream, bringing gambling risks and a novel source of political information to public life.
Minister of Indigenous Services Mandy Gull-Masty, centre, is joined by Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs Rebecca Chartrand, left, and and Liberal MPs Ginette Lavack for a news conference on Jordan’s Principle, in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Feb. 26, 2026.
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The controversy over the misuse of Jordan’s Principle has been used to justify cuts to services, when the real problem is a deep, systemic gap in services for First Nations children.
Workers remove the sculpture ‘Blue’ by artist Joel Shapiro on the grounds of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Sept. 2, 2026.
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Until recently, the Prairie province has been an outlier with no provincewide mandated testing.
A six-year-old girl applauds with other new Canadians during a Canada Day citizenship ceremony in Calgary, on July 1, 2026.
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Ottawa has left the outdated 2009 Discover Canada booklet in place, pushing the work of teaching reconciliation to newcomers onto underfunded community educators.
In 1960, the journal Science published an article predicting that on 13th November 2026 the human population would approach infinity.
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An article published in Science in 1960 predicted that, thanks to ever-increasing growth, in the year 2026 the human population would approach infinity.
Many Ukrainian refugees arrived in Canada with professional experience and advanced qualifications, but some have struggled to find work that matches their previous careers.
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New research on Ukrainian refugees’ employment outcomes reveals that higher education does not always translate into better employment recovery after displacement.
The Canadian Medical Association’s revised Code of Ethics and Professionalism calls on physicians to respect Indigenous knowledge, worldviews and healing practices as part of a wider commitment to reconciliation, and addressing discrimination and racism in health care. Elders smudge as Residential School and Sixties Scoop survivors are honoured for a Healing Walk through downtown Winnipeg on the National Day for Truth And Reconciliation, Sept. 30, 2021.
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Jamaica Cass, York University, Canada; Queen's University, Ontario
Commitments to Indigenous health research cannot be clawed back as part of proposed dismantling of equity, diversity and inclusion criteria for federal research funding.
For decades, the Canada-U.S. relationship has been defined by one of the world’s closest cross-border partnerships. Recent political and economic tensions have challenged that relationship. Canadian and U.S. flags fly atop the Peace Arch monument at the Douglas-Peace Arch border crossing in Surrey, B.C., in 2021.
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The psychology of hate helps explain how threats, political rhetoric and historical narratives can transform a displomatic dispute into lasting hostility.
Artist’s impression of the newly-discovered rocky exoplanet, LHS 1140b.
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The exoplanet LHS 1140b may have a temperature that could allow for liquid water on its surface. Just possibly, it could support the existence of life.
People take part in a march on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Montréal, Sept. 30, 2023.
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The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30 invites people across Canada to learn about the history and impacts of the residential school system.
Resolving a conflict is not just about finding the best solution.
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Among primates, reconciliation quickly follows conflict. Among humans, the ego gets in the way: protecting one’s image often takes precedence over repairing social bonds.
Biosecurity warning signs are seen on a locked gate at a commercial poultry farm in Abbotsford, B.C., in November 2024.
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The human avian flu case in B.C. demonstrates there is much to learn about the complex factors that may result in a virus developing the ability to infect humans.
Members of the Huu-ay-aht First Nation burn a copy of the Indian Act in April 2011 after signing the Maa-nulth Final Agreement, which restored self-government to the First Nation.
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Section 141 of the act was used to surveil and intimidate Indigenous leaders and weaken Indigenous political organizing.
The region around the centre of our Milky Way galaxy glows colourfully in this version of an image taken by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.
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From supernovae in distant galaxies to the packed centre of the Milky Way, the new Roman telescope will help us see and understand the ever-changing cosmos.
People ready in formation before the traditional canoe-landing protocol to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day at Royal Roads University in Victoria, June 21, 2023.
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Requirements for documentation such as citizenship and status cards can disadvantage people whose relationships with their respective nations have been disrupted.
The sustained effort of masking leads to measurable psychological distress for many people with ADHD. The consequences may include chronic exhaustion (burnout), increased anxiety and identity confusion.
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ADHD isn’t just about experiencing fidgeting, distractibility, forgetfulness or restlessness; it’s also about the hidden work adults do to hide those symptoms in their everyday lives.
Social media has popularized the idea of cutting off difficult people. A therapist explores when friendships may need repair, change or an ending.
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Friendships are complicated relationships that can require more than an all-or-nothing choice. A therapist explains how to distinguish between conflict, change and genuine harm.
Routines free up capacity for the brain to think and learn.
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Creating structures and routines in the classroom means providing children with predictability about what is expected, when it is expected and how.
Contestants stand on platforms and watch a countdown in a still from the ‘Beast Games’ teaser trailer. Contestants compete for a potentially life-changing sum of money in the reality show.
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Preparation is rarely wasted. Even when the scenario never materializes, the process strengthens institutions, sharpens strategic thinking, and improves readiness.
Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers remarks to Canadian business leaders at the Canada Investment Summit welcome reception, in Toronto, on Sept. 13, 2026.
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