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Students who use cannabis may also experience irregular schedules, higher energy drink consumption or other behaviours that influence diet quality. (Unsplash+/Peter Muniz)

What cannabis use really tells us about university students’ eating habits

Researchers surveyed more than 1,500 students at a large Canadian university to better understand the relationship between cannabis use and diet quality.
Home buyers typically compare factors such as price, size and location, but not energy use or emissions, when choosing where to live. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Homebuyers are choosing homes with much higher carbon footprints than they realize

Clearer information about energy costs could help home buyers make lower-carbon choices without requiring them to compromise on affordability, space or location.
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a news conference as Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Tony Wakeham looks on following the announcement of a new hydro, wind and transmission projects, in St. John’s, N.L., on Aug. 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly

Is Mark Carney’s ‘Canada Strong’ brand starting to wane? Blame brand politics if so

Being seen as an effective crisis manager is central to Mark Carney’s political brand, but an emphasis on communication and symbolism in support of the brand can only go so far. Results matter.
Many people post images of their pets online as a way of expressing their own identity and building a public persona for themselves. (Unsplash/Karsten Winegeart)

Why we give our cats, dogs and other pets social media accounts

Often, when people talk about their pets, they are also talking about themselves — about the things they value and the experiences that shape who they are.
Learning to use an AI system is not the same as becoming AI literate. Students need more than the ability to write effective prompts or complete tasks faster. (Solen Feyissa/Unsplash)

Students need more than AI skills — they need accountable AI literacy

Beyond technical fluency, Canadian students need judgment to decide how to use AI and when it should not be used at all.
Romeo Dallaire, right, a Canadian senator at the time, and Hassan Jallow, prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, speak about genocide and crimes against humanity in Ottawa in December 2013. Dallaire headed Canada’s ill-fated peacekeeping mission in Rwanda in the 1990s. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle

Why Canada is effectively shutting down its 70‑year peacekeeping legacy

The Canadian Defence Department’s recent announcement that it’s scaling back peacekeeping missions marks the final step in the triumph of one national peacekeeping mythology over another.
Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration demanding educational reforms as part of the Cockroach Janta Party’s ongoing protest movement in Mumbai, India, on July 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

What India’s ‘cockroach’ protests reveal about youth, solidarity and hope

The Cockroach Janta Party protests are significant not just as a reaction to one judge’s insult, but because the way the movement has organized offers a hopeful model of democratic solidarity.
A display at the ‘Mental Health - Mind Matters’ exhibit at the Science Museum of Minnesota in 2018 invites visitors to play an emotion recognition game. (Ana Maria Navas Iannini)

Can science museums help us talk about mental health?

Across the world, science museums are beginning to join conversations and develop work about mental health.
As Gen Z embraces textile crafts as a screen-free pastime, it is rediscovering a practice that once helped shape computer programming and is now driving innovations. (Unsplash)

How weaving helped invent modern computing — and is shaping its future

Weaving is one of humanity’s oldest crafts, but its patterns helped inspire early computing. Today, textile makers are using conductive yarns and digital looms to invent new kinds of technology.
From left, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif sign a trilateral defence agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Aug. 7, 2026. (Saudi Press Agency via AP) (Saudi Press Agency via AP)

A new ‘NATO of the East?’ Why the Mecca pact isn’t quite what it seems

The Mecca agreeement is best understood as a form of strategic insurance for three governments seeking greater protection and political influence beyond traditional American guarantees.
Afghan schoolgirls pose for a photo in a classroom in Kabul, Afghanistan, in December 2022. The Taliban ordered women nationwide to stop attending private and public universities until further notice. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

I lived through the first Taliban girls’ school ban — watching it happen again is heartbreaking

The author was banned from school by the Taliban as a girl in 1996. Years after the Taliban returned to power in 2021, she asks why the international community’s response has fallen so short.