Growing research suggests that in addition to how much protein we consume each day, the type of protein we eat influences healthy aging too

Eat only what you need. Repurpose what you don’t. Less wasted food means fewer emissions, less cooking and more easy, tasty leftovers.  

Eliminate or reduce your beef consumption—43 per cent of food-related emissions from the average Canadian come from beef alone. We could have had our beef and eaten it too if we’d followed the agreements laid out in the Kyoto Protocol, but we’re now at a point where food emissions also need to fall to avoid the worst of climate change.

Vote with your fork. This is a first step to demand change from your political leaders. The more we talk about our own dietary changes and what matters to us, the more politicians will begin to care about policies that bring positive changes to our food systems.

The voluntary grocery code of conduct for grocers, suppliers, wholesalers and primary producers in Canada is set to fully roll out on Thursday.

The grocery code is intended to promote fair dealings between grocers and their suppliers, including in the application of penalties and fees. It was set up in an effort to bring more transparency, fairness and predictability to the industry as a whole.

The code, governed by the Office of the Grocery Sector Code of Conduct, includes trade rule provisions, a governance model and an adjudication and dispute resolution process.

Canada's five largest grocers — Empire, Loblaw, Metro, Walmart Canada and Costco Canada — have now formally registered.

Carney vs. Poilievre -- Here in Canada, there will be two big political changes in the coming year. The Liberals will become a majority government after more disgruntled Conservative MPs inevitably defect to the government side.

Why inevitably?

As 2025 showed, Pierre Poilievre is terminally unpopular. Loss after loss. A lot of Conservative MPs have realized that dear leader simply doesn’t have the royal jelly to become prime minister. Why else would they have agreed to give him a $3-million makeover? Pretty clear proof that they knew that “as is,” Poilievre was lacking something needed to lead them to victory.

Trump and Putin -- The biggest story in the world will be unfolding in the United States. How fast and how far will the Orange Octogenarian carry his unconstitutional agenda in what was once the world’s greatest democracy?

Belligerent fascism has already landed in America. So far, there have been bombs for Iran and Nigeria; missile strikes and summary execution for over 100 people denounced without proof by President Donald Trump as “narco-terrorists”; a quarter of the U.S. navy deployed off the coast of Venezuela; and Trump sending the National Guard into U.S. cities, even though that violates the country’s constitution.

With Trump’s poll numbers tanking and two-thirds of Americans disapproving of his handling of the economy, the Republican party is headed for the wood chipper in the 2026 midterm elections.

From April 2020 to June 2022, Masse received more than $41,000 in government benefits — only to later get a letter from the Canada Revenue Agency saying he wasn't eligible for the money, and that he had to pay it back.

According to the CRA, Masse did not meet the minimum net earnings of $5,000.

"I was stunned. I couldn't believe it," said Masse. "I would have never applied for anything that I did not qualify for."

In early 2024, after months of back and forth, the CRA agreed he was entitled to some of the money. But he remains on the hook for about $27,000.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday announced an additional $2.5 billion of economic aid for Ukraine.

The assistance will help Ukraine unlock financing from the International Monetary Fund, Carney said during an appearance with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

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Canada should be doing this too or maybe start accepting Euros to pay taxes. We have to get away from control of US institutions controling our lives.

The year that saw the remains of two First Nations women brought home from a Manitoba landfill and a search get underway for the remains of a third showed how far reconciliation efforts have come — and how far they still need to go, the families say

Melissa Robinson, whose cousin Morgan Harris’s remains were among those recovered earlier this year, says she feels at peace now that the chapter of her life focused on searching the Prairie Green landfill outside Winnipeg is over.

Robinson said after having an initially tense relationship with Winnipeg police when they decided not to search for her cousin’s remains, her family feels they’ve now built trust with new police Chief Gene Bowers, who she says listens and has shown he’s “committed to the families.”

As Prime Minister Mark Carney puts trade and security at the centre of Canada’s foreign policy, observers say Ottawa is also shifting how it asserts its values on the world stage.

The Liberals insist they are still standing up for human rights globally while seeking investment from China, India and Gulf countries. But a change in priorities is prompting some criticism — and changing how Canada trains its diplomats.

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While most Canadians support developing the country’s critical minerals, they don’t want to see it done by foreign companies, according to a new survey by the Angus Reid Institute.

Nearly 60 per cent of respondents said they considered losing sovereignty over such resources to be a larger threat to Canada than “missing out on development and jobs because of a lack of investment.”

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“Three-in-five (60 per cent) Canadians believe Canada should limit foreign investment; one-quarter (25 per cent) would welcome it, in general. But even among those who welcome foreign ownership only one-third (35 per cent) say they would do so without restricting what resources are available for investment,” reads the study.

“There are also many countries Canadians would ban from ownership in critical resources outright. The top of the list are countries already under various levels of global embargoes – Russia (69 per cent would restrict ownership), North Korea (67 per cent) and Iran (60 per cent), as well as China (59 per cent), where investment has been discouraged by Ottawa in key areas for a number of years.”

Over a third of Canadians would also “bar the U.S. from investing in critical resources in Canada” at 37 per cent, even as the trade war persists between the two countries.

However, 66 per cent of Canadians said they would “prioritize lowering tariffs and guaranteeing value-added jobs (64 per cent) in exchange for U.S. access to critical minerals.”

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Five of the 11 nation-building projects announced by Prime Minister Mark Carney for fast-tracking include critical minerals, such as nickel, graphite, and copper.

If approved by the Major Projects Office, the projects would be funded by both public and private dollars, with the majority coming from the private sector

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