Jairo Yunis, director of policy at Business Council of British Columbia, talks about what countries hurt by US tariffs, like Canada, need to do in order to mount an effective response.
United States Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy has reignited a public health debate by proposing cancer warning labels on alcoholic beverages. Murthy’s proposal accompanied a new advisory (PDF) highlighting growing evidence linking alcohol consumption to several types of cancer. Why is this call for warning labels significant, and what does the science say about the…
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United States President Donald Trump’s handling of the economy is facing growing pushback from Americans amid wild swings in the stock market and growing fears of a recession, new polling shows. In a CNN/SSRS poll released on Wednesday, 56 percent of respondents said they disapproved of Trump’s economic management – higher than at any point…
United States President Donald Trump’s plan to cut a deal on Moscow’s war in Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin, along with his administration’s shifting approach to transatlantic ties, has left European leaders uneasy. What does this mean for Ukraine, Russia and the future of the war? Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1…
When a new kidney could save your life, every minute counts. When Jazmin Evans discovered she could have received a kidney four years earlier, she was shocked. When she found out the delay was due to a racially biased testing process, she tried to warn others. In this episode: Jazmin Evans – Kidney transplant patient,…
United States President Donald Trump has ordered the Treasury to stop minting new pennies, reviving an old debate about the value of the one cent coin. The penny, Trump argued in a post on his Truth Social platform on February 9, is “wasteful” because the cost to make it far exceeds its currency value. Recommended…
