Flooding displaces 200,000 in Kenya – May 24, 2024

“Unprecedented and devastating” flooding in Eastern Africa has caused the displacement of 235,000 people in just five days, according to a UN report.

Listening and looking for a ghostly messenger – March 25, 2024

The Santa Marta Sabrewing, an elusive bird in Colombia’s Sierra Nevada, is slowly coming into focus.

The hunt for dark matter

U of R students and professors have been contributing to cutting-edge subatomic exploration for more than two decades. When all is said and done, members of the University’s Physics Department will have played a significant role in understanding the secrets of the universe.

The growing legacy of the U of R Herbarium

Former biology professor George Ledingham spent a lifetime collecting plant samples housed in the on-campus herbarium that now bears his name. The herbarium is getting a new lease of life thanks to a multi-disciplined effort that has rocketed the facility into the digital age.

Controversial CRTC decision raises questions about space on airwaves for Indigenous broadcasters

In J-Source

Wawatay Native Communication Society says it was denied the Toronto and Ottawa licenses because of its government funding.

Book Review of Poor Housing: A Silent Crisis

In Briarpatch magazine

But the book’s approach becomes clear in the end: Winnipeg’s social housing is not just indicative of what is wrong with housing across Canada, but also a model for what is going right. There is outstanding housing advocacy work going on at the community level, and goodwill and investment on the part of the provincial government.