#Jet fuel is bad for the environment. Contrails are even worse.

#Jet fuel is bad for the environment. Contrails are even worse.

“#Jet fuel is bad for the environment. Contrails are even worse.” Airplanes constantly emit the trails every time they fly, blasting pollutants into the atmosphere. The industry behind them doesn’t know how to fix it. The fact that airplanes are climate-­damaging fuel hogs—aviation accounts for two per cent of human-caused climate change—has been obvious to…

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#My love for the giant that is Ukraine

#My love for the giant that is Ukraine

“#My love for the giant that is Ukraine” Andrew Kushnir is a playwright, actor and artistic director of Project: Humanity in Toronto I spent the first 24 hours of this war in Ukraine “doomscrolling” through tweet after tweet, messaging friends in Kyiv and in the eastern part of the country, texting with the guys I…

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#Six books to read this spring

#Six books to read this spring

“#Six books to read this spring” A novel by the creator of ‘Little Mosque on the Prairie’ and an inside look at the race to develop the COVID vaccine are among our picks for the best reads of the spring Jameela Green Ruins Everything By Zarqa Nawaz (Simon & Schuster, March 8) As the creative…

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#Thousands of Canadian troops on standby to be deployed to Ukraine if necessary

#Thousands of Canadian troops on standby to be deployed to Ukraine if necessary

“#Thousands of Canadian troops on standby to be deployed to Ukraine if necessary” Politics Insider for Feb. 25: Canada poises to deploy to Europe if needed; Chrystia Freeland announces more sanctions on Russia; Patrick Brown reportedly eyes the federal Conservative leadership Welcome to a sneak peek of the Maclean’s Politics Insider newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered straight to your…

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#The only acceptable response to Vladimir Putin

#The only acceptable response to Vladimir Putin

“#The only acceptable response to Vladimir Putin” Scott Gilmore: There are a long list of actions Canada can take right now to pressure Putin and help Ukraine. And there are no excuses if it doesn’t act. It would be difficult to exaggerate the danger of this moment. Our modern world is built out of the…

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#Russia launches an attack on Ukraine

#Russia launches an attack on Ukraine

“#Russia launches an attack on Ukraine” Politics Insider for Feb. 24: Kyiv braces for invasion; the world condemns Vladimir Putin; the Conservative leadership race begins to take shape Welcome to a sneak peek of the Maclean’s Politics Insider newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered straight to your inbox in the morning. Ukraine invaded: Vladimir Putin launched a “special military operation”…

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#Canada slaps a ‘first round’ of sanctions on Russia

#Canada slaps a ‘first round’ of sanctions on Russia

“#Canada slaps a ‘first round’ of sanctions on Russia” Politics Insider for Feb. 23: War in Ukraine looms larger than ever; Jean Charest courts the Conservative leadership; confusion around what Emergencies Act means for donors Welcome to a sneak peek of the Maclean’s Politics Insider newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered straight to your inbox in the morning. Justin Trudeau…

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