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Vancouver Aquarium ends captivity while Marineland ignores the whales in the room
On March 9, 2017, the Vancouver Park Board voted unanimously to end the captive beluga breeding program at the Vancouver Aquarium. The vote brings an end to the importation of cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) into the facility, dissolving their whale...
To ban or not to ban the ‘new DDT’
On Feb. 21, Health Canada was supposed to decide on imposing a phase-out of a neonicotinoid insecticide — imidacloprid — because of its threat to insects and wetland ecosystems. The consultation period was then extended to March 23. Traditionally, the use of...
Trump’s ‘war on science’: Just ask Canada
On Jan. 25, President Donald Trump announced a temporary media and funding black-out that effectively gagged federal science agencies (including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Health Department) and clenching research grants in a big neoliberal...Our Digital Print Issue
