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If a baseball team devoting one of its 81 home games to a Pride Night causes this much backlash, sports leagues clearly still have work to do to build acceptance of LGBTQ+ people in their spaces. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Pride Nights built LGBTQ+ inclusion in pro sports over three decades. That progress is now under pressure

Pride Nights have always drawn both celebration and backlash. The latest flashpoint featuring the San Francisco Giants shows how unsettled that balance has become.
In a time of social media distractions and deep inequalities, glimmers of hope arise when readers connect deeply with a book. (Pixabay)

7 accessible reads about building a fairer economy

Concern about the viability of ongoing economic growth offers a chance to spotlight accessible reading about fairer economies.
The Artemis II crew pose for a group photo after viewing their Orion spacecraft on the USS John P. Murtha, after splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California on April 10, 2026. (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Jeremy Hansen is leaving the Canadian Space Agency, but Canada will still support NASA’s return to the moon

Jenni Gibbons will be lead capsule communicator for NASA’s Artemis III mission, Gordon Osinski is on the science team and Canada also contributes a robotic Lunar Utility Vehicle.
A beaver at Miquelon Lake Provincial Park near Edmonton. Once a pond is completely covered in ice, beavers are confined below the surface for the winter. (Glynis Hood)

Beavers are emerging sooner in spring amid warmer weather

As our climate warms, beavers are appearing sooner and moving northward. This could have implications for the environment and human infrastructure.
Upholding the promise of Canadian birthright citizenship requires more than legal action — it needs leadership with the courage to reverse racist reproductive rhetoric and question false narratives. (Eyasu Etsub/Unsplash)

The U.S. narrowly upheld birthright citizenship. What about Canada?

Birthright citizenship has become a point of debate as some governments adopt more restrictive policies aimed at limiting access to citizenship for some migrants.
Canada fans march to B.C. Place stadium before Canada and Switzerland play a World Cup Group B soccer match, in Vancouver, on June 24, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Canada was already a soccer nation: Its historic World Cup run proved it

Soccer is already Canada’s most-played sport, but its fans have historically lagged behind its players. A recent record-breaking World Cup run may help close that gap.
Canadian fans gather at Jack Poole Plaza in Vancouver on July 4, 2026, to watch Canada play Morocco during a World Cup round of 16 soccer match. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

How Canada’s vaccine infrastructure helped guard against infectious disease during the FIFA World Cup

The World Cup brought many visitors to Canada, which put public health authorities on alert for contagious illnesses. It’s crucial that Canada remain committed to infectious disease preparedness.
Reflect Orbital’s plans to have more than 50,000 satellites reflecting sunlight back to earth could disrupt the circadian rhythms of plants, animals and humans. (Unsplash/Mariana Proença)

The U.S. just approved a giant space mirror to test ‘sunlight on demand.’ Low Earth orbit is getting weird

From space hotels and artificial meteor showers, to a new giant mirror that reflects sunlight to Earth — low-Earth orbit is getting weird.
A person at a demonstration in solidarity with the Neskantaga First Nation, where residents were evacuated over tainted water, outside Queen’s Park in Toronto in November 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Carlos Osorio

Canada’s proposed clean water act needs stronger protections for Indigenous communities

In its current form, safe drinking water legislation would weaken key legal provisions, particularly those related to rights and governance for First Nations.
A hydraulic monitor thaws permafrost with high-pressure water in the Klondike goldfields, Yukon — mining exposures that researchers used to access ancient ground ice and fossil records. (Duane Froese)

Earth’s deep memory is thawing with the Arctic permafrost, degrading records of our ancient world

Permafrost holds an extraordinary molecular record of ancient life — and we are only now learning to read it, just as warming begins to erase it.
In May 2026, the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by The Wolastoqey Nation to a case involving land parcels held by corporations, including J.D. Irving. An Irving Pulp and Paper Ltd. mill is seen in Saint John, N.B., in 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

Aboriginal title and land ownership is suddenly a hot topic in Canada — and won’t be settled anytime soon

A Supreme Court refusal to hear an appeal to the Wolastoqey case doesn’t affect the B.C. ruling that has sparked dubious political grandstanding.