Big Oil On Trial: The Story Nobody’s Telling
When Ottawa Citizen reporter Kelly Patterson heard about new evidence being presented in the lawsuit against Talisman Energy in the US District Court of New York, she set to work. She got on the [...]
In Pursuit of Peace
From the Trans-Canada west of Calgary, a thin red line is barely visible on the eastern horizon. Gear is pulled out of the cars parked along the side of the highway for one final inspection on [...]
Breaching the Boys Club
This is one woman’s story, but it is about all women who challenge the deeply held prejudices of society. It is both personal and political. And it is a tale of triumph, whether we women admit it [...]
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Reducing the Harm
It's a little after 10 o’clock in the morning and Taylor feels like she’s climbing the walls.
When her name is called and the door to Lethbridge’s supervised drug consumption site buzzes open, Taylor moves quickly on her crutches. She settles into a chair at the second booth from the end ...
Should All Drugs Be Decriminalized?
Hakique Virani says yes.
Twelve-step addiction recovery programs teach that it is irrational to “do the same thing over and over again expecting different results.” This should be a lesson for legislators too. As the 4,000 Canadian families who lost a loved one to an opioid overdose last year know, our ...
Holy Healthcare
Just tell them we don’t have it here.” That’s what the nurse told me in Killam Hospital, an hour east of Camrose. I’d asked what would happen if a woman came into our ER asking for the morning-after pill. The nurse wasn’t being self-righteous, but simply explaining the policy.
As ...