How privatized cannabis sales threaten your privacy
Aug 28, 2018 12:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Health
An overlooked aspect of recreational cannabis legalization in Canada is the privacy implications of the distribution systems, especially in the online environment. The privacy and security risks are substantial, and...
We can all help to improve communication for people with disabilities
Aug 28, 2018 12:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Around 5% of the population, or 1.2 million Australians have a communication disability. Communication disability can arise if a person has a health condition affecting their speech, language, listening, understanding,...
How parents could revolutionize education and boost results
Aug 27, 2018 15:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Repeated efforts to improve public school education across Canada curricular enhancements, increased accountability, intensified literacy and numeracy initiatives are failing to improve student achievement. In the...
Ontario uproots its plans for selling weed
Aug 27, 2018 15:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Ontario has announced big changes to its recreational cannabis retail plan. Government-owned Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation (OCRC) will still sell online, but will no longer open physical stores. Instead, businesses...
Cycle, walk, drive or train? Weighing up the healthiest (and safest) ways to get around the city
Aug 27, 2018 15:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
There are many ways to get around a city. You can drive a car or ride a motorcycle. In many cities you have the option of public transport. And of course if you live close enough to where you are heading you can get around...
Health Check: how long are you contagious with gastro?
Aug 27, 2018 15:14 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Theres no way youd want to go to work when youve got the telltale signs of gastro: nausea, abdominal cramps, vomiting and diarrhoea. But what about when youre feeling a bit better? When is it safe to be around colleagues,...
With Monsanto, Bayer will need more Aspirin
Aug 23, 2018 23:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Monsanto, now a division of Bayer, has been ordered to pay a whopping US$289 million to a single American person, a former gardener, who developed cancer, allegedly through the use of their products. Dewayne Johnson...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight