Small dietary changes can cut your carbon footprint by 25%

Published: 27 February 2024

The latest Canada’s Food Guide presents a paradigm shift in nutrition advice, nixing traditional food groups, including meat and dairy, and stressing the importance of plant-based proteins. Yet,...

Does Canada’s food guide provide adequate guidance for older adults?

Published: 8 January 2024

The latest Canada’s food guide recommendations are primarily aimed at reducing chronic disease risk, however how well does our national guide for healthy eating serve the nutritional needs of all...

Killer whales’ diet more important than location for pollutant exposure, study says

Published: 24 October 2023

Both elegant and fierce, killer whales are some of the oceans’ top predators, but even they can be exposed to environmental pollution. Now, in the largest study to date on North Atlantic killer...

Expert: How climate change can affect fall colours 

Published: 24 October 2023

The customary reds, oranges and yellows of the trees, marking the arrival of fall, may have appeared early this year, or not at all. The dramatic summer weather that brought wildfires in some parts...

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