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Why Canada should embrace carbon-capture projects
Jan 28, 2022
How to reconcile the great Covid vaccination divide
Jan 28, 2022
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BACKGROUNDER: China’s economic impact on Canada
by Special to Troy Media | Jan 28, 2022 | Business, Politics/Law, Webinars, World
TROY MEDIA WEBINAR: Second in our webinar series "CHINA NOW". Today's guest: Gordon Houlden, Director Emeritus of the China Institute at the University of Alberta
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BLM’s attack on empiricism – and capitalism
by Mark Milke | Jan 28, 2022 | Books, Education, FREE content, Life, Politics/Law
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The quixotic push for Hillary in 2024
by Pat Murphy | Jan 28, 2022 | Politics/Law, PREMIUM content, World
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Taxing homes the wrong way to cool the housing market
by Krystle Wittevrongel | Jan 26, 2022 | Business, FREE content, Life, Politics/Law, Your Money
Business
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A smile can change your future, and your business
by Carol Kinsey Goman | Jan 26, 2022 | Business, Careers/HR, Entrepreneurs, Life, PREMIUM content, Small business
CAREER INFORMATION: Serotonin and dopamine, produced in your brain by a smile, help to improve your mood ($)
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The true cost of unreliable renewable energy
by Ken Green | Jan 21, 2022 | Business, Environment, FREE content, Politics/Law
Health
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Manufacturing human organs … with farm animals
Jan 19, 2022
Time to cure what ails Canada’s health-care systems
Jan 19, 2022
All Canadians need to unite against the vax tax
Jan 18, 2022
The case for vaccine mandates is collapsing
Jan 17, 2022
Don’t get sucked in by “expert” prediction...
Jan 13, 2022
Is Omicron the beginning of the end of COVID-19?
Dec 30, 2021
Why can’t football make brain health a priority?
Dec 19, 2021
How gene editing helps farmers and consumers
Dec 15, 2021
Do lockdowns actually worsen COVID-19’s impact?
Dec 6, 2021
Airline pilots rise up in face of COVID vaccines
Dec 3, 2021
How do we behave when no one is looking?
Dec 3, 2021
Time to escape from our COVID-induced prison
Dec 2, 2021
What life looks like outside COVID-19 hysteria
Dec 1, 2021
How I discovered radon in my home and mitigated it
Nov 26, 2021
The myths and misconceptions surrounding radon
Nov 22, 2021
Radon: the silent killer lurking in your home
Nov 19, 2021
Canada’s raw-milk ban defies common-sense
Nov 8, 2021
How to get Canada off the health care teeter-totter
Oct 21, 2021
How to improve health care and reduce costs
Oct 12, 2021
Our fear of single-use plastics is simply irrational
Sep 28, 2021
COVID-19 has driven governments into debt traps
Sep 20, 2021
How to improve mental health care
Sep 13, 2021
Canada has a baby-making problem
Aug 24, 2021
Any unwanted abortion is a tragedy
Aug 23, 2021
The new normal is not so normal after all
Aug 23, 2021
Why vaccine reluctance continues to make sense
Aug 16, 2021
Welcome to the gluten-free, sushi-less Olympic Games
Jul 21, 2021
Your body reflects your emotions, so loosen up
Jul 10, 2021
Let’s have permanently quicker drug approvals
Jun 28, 2021
The mad rush to implement MAiD legislation
Jun 28, 2021
Diseases don’t care about our nationality or wealth
Jun 17, 2021
Covid’s cost in liberty lost
Jun 16, 2021
We’ve let irrational COVID-19 fear paralyze society
Jun 15, 2021
A medieval disaster is playing out in modern India
Jun 13, 2021
The benefits from Big Pharma more obvious than ever
Jun 10, 2021
Has Covid-19 shaken your faith in science?
May 23, 2021
Covid-19 paranoia is starting to get me down
May 14, 2021
Keeping your phone clean is a COVID-19 necessity
May 14, 2021
Attention-seeking behaviour is dysfunctional, toxic
May 14, 2021
Why vaccine passports are a dangerous idea
May 10, 2021
How to avoid burnout when you work from home
May 6, 2021
Is there a right or wrong way to grieve?
Apr 29, 2021
Don’t be so quick to condemn processed foods
Apr 6, 2021
Pandemic alarmism exposes science’s deficiencies
Apr 5, 2021
How Canada botched its campaign for vaccines
Mar 29, 2021
How MAID aids discrimination against the disabled
Mar 11, 2021
COVID-19 vaccine task force transparency crucial
Feb 24, 2021
First Nations need safe drinking water now
Feb 16, 2021
New drug offers hope for breast and blood cancers
Jan 22, 2021
A user’s guide to coping in an age of anxiety
Jan 14, 2021
Weighing the risks of youth sports in a pandemic
Jan 8, 2021
Five tips to declutter your mind
Jan 7, 2021
Are you suffering compassion fatigue?
Jan 5, 2021
Many questions will linger post-pandemic
Dec 29, 2020
Pandemic exposes flaws in our health-care system
Dec 17, 2020
Hunkering down – reluctantly – for the holidays
Dec 15, 2020
Our biggest COVID-19 problem is undue panic
Dec 14, 2020
Why radio frequencies can be a health issue
Dec 8, 2020
A small dose of normalcy in Canada
Dec 8, 2020
The dangers of over-extending yourself
Dec 7, 2020
Synthetic meat is the new frontier of food
Dec 3, 2020
Think about the common good: wear a mask
Dec 1, 2020
“Medical assistance in dying” worries many Canad...
Nov 26, 2020
Why are we facing lockdowns again?
Nov 24, 2020
The one simple skill all leaders must harness
Nov 23, 2020
Skepticism over Covid-19 response growing
Nov 19, 2020
COVID-19 vaccine opponents will be heard
Nov 17, 2020
The war on drugs is costly and off-target
Nov 5, 2020
Getting through a COVID-19 winter
Nov 4, 2020
Head injuries and football go hand in hand
Oct 30, 2020
Faith leaders oppose changes to MAID law
Oct 23, 2020
Eight proven ways walking improves your brain
Oct 22, 2020
Lockdown hysteria defies COVID-19 reality
Oct 20, 2020
Why we shouldn’t rubber-stamp 5G technology
Oct 15, 2020
Sex is okay, just don’t sing
Sep 18, 2020
Caregiving can last for decades, new research shows
Sep 18, 2020
Want a better business? Sleep on it
Sep 18, 2020
Beware compulsory vaccinations
Sep 14, 2020
Feeling anxiety? Here are some coping mechanisms
Aug 27, 2020
The dangers of uncritical media consumption
Aug 27, 2020
Health-care roadblocks stymie patients
Aug 27, 2020
We need clarity to conquer COVID-19
Aug 24, 2020
Pandemic policy is mob policy
Aug 24, 2020
COVID-19 and scientific fallibility
Aug 21, 2020
What you need to know about menopause
Aug 18, 2020
Use 30 minutes a day to control your worries
Aug 16, 2020
What you need to know about cancer
Aug 13, 2020
Being careless around poison ivy can cost you
Aug 10, 2020
First Nations face deep pandemic risks
Aug 4, 2020
The lockdown failed our most vulnerable
Jul 30, 2020
To mask or not to mask?
Jul 14, 2020
Our pandemic response seems like a guessing game
Jul 7, 2020
Canada’s rising food insecurity problem
Jun 30, 2020
Why we need to learn to live with COVID-19
Jun 23, 2020
Dammit Jim! Where’s the waiter?
Jun 21, 2020
Your mother was right – wash your hands
Jun 19, 2020
Let people make their own risk assessments
Jun 18, 2020
Alberta should seek more autonomy in health care
Jun 18, 2020
We need to restart our lives with care and planning
Jun 17, 2020
Assessing the lockdown’s damage
Jun 17, 2020
Want to pay for medical supplies? Stop funding CBC
Jun 14, 2020
Sweden forged a COVID-19 path that preserves freedom
Jun 12, 2020
Is COVID-19 today’s Y2K?
Jun 8, 2020
Indigenous communities offer pandemic lessons
Jun 5, 2020
Canada’s PPE missteps endangered its citizens
Jun 4, 2020
Four strategies to help avoid the next pandemic
Jun 3, 2020
You likely won’t get COVID-19 from your pets
Jun 2, 2020
Can COVID-19 spread through ventilation systems?
Jun 1, 2020
Why COVID-19 could make the overdose epidemic worse
May 30, 2020
How to save your summer vacation from COVID-19
May 27, 2020
Does wastewater give early warning of COVID-19?
May 22, 2020
Taming the irrational beast called anger
May 22, 2020
How Canada can confront future pandemics
May 20, 2020
Has war been declared on the elderly?
May 14, 2020
COVID-19 lessons can improve health, legal systems
May 13, 2020
Suffering from chronic pain? Don’t give up hope
May 13, 2020
We can’t continue to live in suspended animation
May 11, 2020
Depressed after weeks of COVID-19 lockdown?
May 8, 2020
Ottawa’s response to pandemic rooted in politics
May 6, 2020
Human cost high from pandemic-driven joblessness
May 3, 2020
Is it time to start a ruckus and resist the fear?
Apr 30, 2020
Is a hypochondriac faking it?
Apr 27, 2020
Recalibrating globalization in a pandemic age
Apr 26, 2020
Federal government failed to prepare for pandemic
Apr 19, 2020
Canada has weathered epidemics before and will again
Apr 16, 2020
Exiting the lockdown with care and intelligence
Apr 15, 2020
COVID-19 panic lacks scientific justification
Apr 15, 2020
They don’t build borders like they used to
Apr 15, 2020
The miraculous recovery of Boris Johnson
Apr 14, 2020
First Nations particularly vulnerable to COVID-19
Apr 14, 2020
Put the Canadian economy back to work
Apr 10, 2020
Through crisis we can find a common humanity
Apr 9, 2020
A dose of COVID-19 reality
Apr 9, 2020
We need clarity in this time of crisis
Apr 7, 2020
Play ball! The COVID-19 sports conundrum
Apr 7, 2020
Ottawa doing too little to protect Canadians
Apr 6, 2020
COVID-19 will prompt a rethink of globalization
Apr 5, 2020
We need physical distance, not social distance
Apr 5, 2020
When the night is dark and full of terror
Apr 2, 2020
COVID-19’s elder virus brother, the Spanish flu
Mar 31, 2020
Canada mishandling mental illness crisis
Mar 27, 2020
COVID-19 will change how we buy food, forever
Mar 26, 2020
Flu pandemic of 1918 brutal, virulent killer
Mar 26, 2020
Sports is the canary in the COVID-19 coal mine
Mar 24, 2020
Is Canada heading to a national emergency?
Mar 24, 2020
Don’t let COVID-19 permanently change Canada
Mar 24, 2020
Coping with panic attacks
Mar 23, 2020
The Black Death and its aftermath
Mar 23, 2020
Finding pandemic guidance in the sports world
Mar 22, 2020
With COVID-19, home cooking may get its mojo back
Mar 18, 2020
The don’ts and dos on coronavirus
Mar 17, 2020
We can’t afford to be casual about COVID-19
Mar 17, 2020
Booze can trip up psychiatric diagnosis
Mar 11, 2020
Escaping poverty through government programs
Mar 11, 2020
Blowing coronavirus all out of proportion
Mar 10, 2020
The fine art of panic buying in COVID-19’s wake
Mar 5, 2020
Turning data into health-care efficiencies
Mar 3, 2020
What’s in a name? Plenty, if it’s a disease
Mar 2, 2020
Palliative care suffers because of MAID
Feb 28, 2020
Politically-correct euphemisms obscure the truth
Feb 23, 2020
It’s not too late to strap the skis back on
Feb 16, 2020
Smoking alleviates psychiatric symptoms
Feb 13, 2020
Coping with borderline personality disorder
Feb 7, 2020
We must attack the coronavirus at its root
Feb 3, 2020
Is your business getting you down?
Jan 31, 2020
Rethink restrictions on private health insurance
Jan 30, 2020
The Coronavirus – 1918 all over again?
Jan 28, 2020
8 signs you need to take a break from your business
Jan 24, 2020
Are you suffering mood swings or bipolar disorder?
Jan 23, 2020
Federal finances perilous but Morneau oblivious
Jan 19, 2020
If I ever get hit by a bus, did I ask for it?
Jan 17, 2020
Speak the truth and the truth shall set you free
Jan 16, 2020
Here’s why you should get your flu shot every year
Jan 15, 2020
Combating the over-medication of seniors
Jan 13, 2020
Plant health a decidedly human issue
Jan 10, 2020
The power of the placebo effect
Jan 5, 2020
Put end-of-life wishes at the top of your to-do list
Dec 29, 2019
Grocery stores bulking up on ultra-processed foods
Dec 26, 2019
The family that reads together, thrives together
Dec 25, 2019
Turning the tide on the harm of opioids
Dec 19, 2019
Prevention cuts demand on the health system
Dec 17, 2019
Patients deserve access to timely medical care
Dec 16, 2019
Our neighbourhoods strongly influence our health
Dec 9, 2019
How do we decrease emergency room visits?
Dec 2, 2019
Rethinking type 2 diabetes
Nov 28, 2019
How healthy is our health-care system?
Nov 28, 2019
Reading the signs your child might be stressed out
Nov 26, 2019
Tackling snoring as a family problem
Nov 26, 2019
The invaluable power of healthy skepticism
Nov 24, 2019
How Sesame Place is helping children with autism
Nov 19, 2019
Medical marijuana can help end opioid crisis
Nov 19, 2019
Three nutrition trends to stay away from
Nov 18, 2019
Cool the hype around genetics and health care
Nov 17, 2019
ADHD can stall your career
Nov 17, 2019
Body image issues begin early
Nov 14, 2019
Big health-care change takes big courage
Nov 12, 2019
Diabetes may double risk of developing depression
Nov 11, 2019
Pharmacare proposal raises some serious questions
Oct 25, 2019
Broadening health care’s perspective on pain
Oct 16, 2019
Clinical trials important to ensure patient safety
Oct 13, 2019
A common-sense approach to eldercare
Oct 6, 2019
Tips to healthy travelling
Oct 3, 2019
How to build a strong self-image
Oct 3, 2019
Antibiotics no cure for colds or flu
Oct 3, 2019
How to spot the narcissists among us
Sep 26, 2019
The real costs of informal caregiving in Canada
Sep 20, 2019
The high cost of pathological gambling
Sep 19, 2019
Canada must protect its drug supply
Sep 15, 2019
More medical tests, treatments not always the best
Sep 15, 2019
The stigma of mental illness
Sep 12, 2019
The secret to living a pressure-free life
Sep 12, 2019
Facing frailty head-on
Sep 11, 2019
Canadian drugs can’t cure deadly U.S. shortages
Sep 1, 2019
Fans’ expectations of athletes are out of whack
Aug 28, 2019
Let’s make Canadian hospitals more senior-friendly
Aug 26, 2019
Why Milton Friedman’s ideas still resonate
Aug 18, 2019
The high social cost of allowing human indulgences
Jul 30, 2019
Blood/injection/injury phobias easy to treat
Jul 21, 2019
More community care means less time in nursing homes
Jul 18, 2019
Making your brain hurt helps you thrive
Jul 2, 2019
A caregiver’s perspective: Do you see what I see?
Jun 23, 2019
The biology behind learning and memory
Jun 19, 2019
When a caregiver becomes a care receiver
Jun 16, 2019
The challenge of talking about caregiving at work
Jun 11, 2019
Six places to find local caregiver support
Jun 9, 2019
We’re letting Canadian kids eat themselves sick
Jun 5, 2019
No going back from suddenly becoming a caregiver
Jun 2, 2019
Pro-life, pro-choice? Prove it
May 30, 2019
Caregivers mustn’t be afraid to ask for help
May 29, 2019
Onslaught against conscience gaining momentum
May 29, 2019
Five (bad) assumptions caregivers must overcome
May 26, 2019
When it comes to injuries, MLB teams remain clueless
May 23, 2019
Battling the myths and stereotypes of psychiatry
May 19, 2019
No going back from suddenly becoming a caregiver
May 19, 2019
Brain scan studies shed light on ADHD
May 12, 2019
A few tips to help you relieve your stress
May 9, 2019
Using genes to attack disease with precision
Apr 21, 2019
Busting myths about our brains and how we learn
Apr 14, 2019
Opioids are killing Canadians in the thousands
Apr 10, 2019
Some promising treatments for Alzheimer’s
Apr 7, 2019
Are you suffering career burnout?
Apr 4, 2019
The very real dangers of overwork
Apr 2, 2019
A young hero for all to emulate
Mar 31, 2019
How to get the most out of psychiatric care
Mar 27, 2019
Guidelines for a driver suffering ADHD
Mar 24, 2019
Don’t let the Senate kill the food labelling bill
Mar 22, 2019
New breast screening guidelines fail Canadian women
Mar 18, 2019
Having children if you have a mental illness
Mar 10, 2019
Universal health care in Canada? Not really
Mar 5, 2019
Education has positive impact on your mental health
Feb 22, 2019
Why you need to talk to your teens about sex
Feb 20, 2019
The psychiatric implications of thyroid disease
Feb 15, 2019
Food inspectors getting tough on olive oil fraud
Feb 3, 2019
Drinking the plant-based diet kool-aid
Jan 27, 2019
Advice for pregnant women with psychiatric illnesses
Jan 20, 2019
Canada’s most vulnerable children deserve far better
Jan 15, 2019
Tips to becoming a successful step-parent
Jan 14, 2019
Federal funding is ending but frailty still matters
Jan 14, 2019
Anxiety disorder can weigh down your life
Dec 26, 2018
Not all cannabis candies are created equal
Dec 26, 2018
Dependent personality disorder difficult to treat
Dec 17, 2018
Are we using Google Translate responsibly?
Dec 11, 2018
We’re awash with quality water in Canada
Nov 27, 2018
Pets really are good for your health
Nov 25, 2018
Front-and-centre nutrition alert labels on the way
Nov 19, 2018
Bullying more than just a playground problem
Nov 19, 2018
Taking the mystery out of sexual dysfunction
Nov 12, 2018
The sad, slow descent into CTE hell
Nov 11, 2018
Marijuana’s medical attributes vastly overstated
Nov 5, 2018
Repressed memory syndrome so much psychobabble
Nov 5, 2018
There is no reason to stop living at 65
Nov 1, 2018
Too many bureaucratic hurdles for cannabis research
Oct 30, 2018
We can help seniors struggling with depression
Oct 28, 2018
Climate change is a global health emergency
Oct 24, 2018
Some memory loss as we get older is normal
Oct 23, 2018
The reward for treating your agoraphobia is freedom
Oct 21, 2018
Do intentional communities make retirement sense?
Oct 21, 2018
Moving from pandemonium to peace in uncertain times
Oct 16, 2018
All you can eat, including the packaging?
Oct 16, 2018
Turning away from a valuable social experiment
Sep 26, 2018
Postpartum illness is often more than baby blues
Sep 24, 2018
Recognizing the many faces of poverty in Canada
Sep 14, 2018
Universities must prepare for legalization of pot
Sep 12, 2018
Breaking down barriers for Canadians with disability
Sep 10, 2018
Public health must become a priority
Sep 2, 2018
Why are consumers going meatless?
Aug 28, 2018
There is no need to needlessly suffer migraines
Aug 12, 2018
Who’s caring for the nursing home carers?
Aug 2, 2018
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder no laughing matter
Aug 1, 2018
PMDD PMS on steroids
Jul 29, 2018
Nine techniques to help you quit your bad habits
Jul 23, 2018
Turn the heat down on your summer holiday stress
Jul 19, 2018
Canada’s health system fails the elderly
Jul 13, 2018
The trouble with edible marijuana products
Jul 9, 2018
Should young people even be playing football?
Jul 2, 2018
There is no stigma to taking needed medication
Jun 27, 2018
Depression more common, and costly, than you think
Jun 24, 2018
Canada needs an official poverty line
Jun 17, 2018
The private cost of health-care queues in Canada
Jun 15, 2018
Mental illness can exacerbate marital problems
Jun 5, 2018
The danger of putting too much trust in doctors
Jun 4, 2018
Sometimes we need to take people literally
May 31, 2018
Leave the Assisted Human Reproduction Act alone
May 29, 2018
Ontarians must consider real health-care reform
May 28, 2018
Insecure about your body image?
May 28, 2018
How to shorten hospital wait times in Canada
May 27, 2018
The secret to a long and happy life
May 24, 2018
Warning signs someone you love is experiencing mania
May 21, 2018
How to keep your aging mind sharp
May 18, 2018
Ottawa’s rules make health care worse
May 15, 2018