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Top 10 World Woes: A look at some of the planet’s most troubling problems and how countries can solve (or try to solve) them

U.S. President Barack Obama, Queen Elizabeth II and countless other leaders have sought her insights. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has met with her and the

Solutions for inhumane slaughterhouse practices

The XL Foods E. coli outbreak in the fall of 2012 was a vivid reminder for many Canadians of the reality and risks of industrial

The (animal) costs of transport

At some point in their lives, virtually all farmed animals are transported. The duration and conditions of transport have a major impact on animal well-being

The hard lives of animals on Canada’s factory farms

Concentrated feeding animal operations — more commonly referred to as factory farms — first began to appear around the 1920s. Industrialization was speeding up everything

Loblaw-led coalition of grocers drive phase-out of sow stalls by 2022

  As the country’s largest food retailer, Loblaw has a very real impact on what and how Canadians eat. Over the past several years, animal

The EU vs. Canada: Fixing factory farms by granting ‘The 5 Freedoms’

Globally, the number of land animals killed each year for food exceeds 65 billion, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. In the United

Food animals: How Canada lags on humaness

Feed many families and you begin to feed a whole nation. To that end, the UN has declared 2014 The International Year of Family Farming.

The world’s healthiest

In 1883, the German Reichstag changed the course of human history when it passed the first modern health insurance law. While modest in scope by

Drug wars: Uruguay’s new legal approach to marijuana

Last month, the lower house of Uruguay’s bicameral parliament voted to legalize the cultivation, distribution and sale of marijuana by adults in the country. The