Environment ministers representing Canada, China and the European Union will co-host a meeting in Montreal later this month to advance implementation of the Paris climate change agreement.
The initial draft of the new guide places an emphasis on plant-based foods while downplaying the previous stature given to meat and dairy products.
First Canada Food Guide overhaul in a decade sees shift away from meat and dairy Read more
The regulator has now officially declared broadband access as necessary for the quality of life of all citizens, a claim backed by up to CAD$750 million (US$556 million) in new funding to bring every last Canadian online.
Canada declares high-speed internet a basic service Read more
One in five children live in poverty in Canada, according to Unicef, and a recent poll found two-thirds of Canadians open to the idea of basic income
Ontario to give every citizen $1,320 income boost to overcome poverty Read more
The Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion. It was agreed on 16 September 1987 and entered into force on 1 January 1989. The ozone treaty has since been ratified by 198 parties, making it the first universally ratified treaty in United Nations history.
46 countries sign the Montreal Protocol in historic move to restore the ozone layer Read more
Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, scientists in several countries conducted extensive research into experimental chemotherapeutic, and psychotherapeutic uses of psychedelic drugs.
Abram Hoffer, Humphrey Osmond, and others pioneer the field of psychedlic therapy Read more
Within a year, people suffering from diabetes were being treated with insulin for a disease that had been considered fatal.
Frederick Banting and Charles Best successfully isolate insulin for the first time Read more
When he arrived in America, newspapers called him the “Apostle of Peace.” He “will surely unite the East and West,” the president of Stanford University remarked, “for he treads the mystic way with practical feet.”
ʻAbdu’l-Bahá travels to the Americas to spread his teachings about the unity of humankind Read more
For centuries, European explorers sought a navigable passage as a possible trade route to Asia. An ice-bound northern route was discovered in 1850 by the Irish explorer Robert McClure.
Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen becomes first to traverse the Arctic’s Northwest Passage Read more
The autonomous Dominion of Canada, a confederation of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the future provinces of Ontario and Quebec, was officially recognized by Great Britain with the passage of the British North America Act.
