The influence of climate change made the dangerous fire weather conditions that fueled Quebec’s 2023 fire season at least twice as likely, according to new research from the World Weather Attribution group. Smoke from the wildfires burning in Quebec traveled to New York and other U.S. cities in the Midwest and along the Eastern Seaboard… Continue reading Climate change made record-setting Canada wildfires more likely, scientists say
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Vote leaves Canada with no pro-choice Conservative MPs, watchdog says | Canada
A vote on a controversial bill meant to expand “fetal rights” in Canada has left the country without a single pro-choice Conservative MP, according to an abortion watchdog organization. This week, the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC) placed the last remaining 15 Conservatives on its list of anti-choice MPs after they voted in support… Continue reading Vote leaves Canada with no pro-choice Conservative MPs, watchdog says | Canada
‘Poison in every puff’: Canada to require health warnings on individual cigarettes | Canada
Individual cigarettes in Canada will now carry warnings such as “poison in every puff” and “cigarettes cause impotence” in what the government says is an effort to make it “virtually impossible to avoid health warnings altogether”. The measure, the first of its kind in the world, is part of a sweeping set of new tobacco… Continue reading ‘Poison in every puff’: Canada to require health warnings on individual cigarettes | Canada