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Dr. Alan Forster says this study will help hospitals determine how to balance the resources they allocate to emergency and elective surgeries.

Alison Ronson says Parks Canada needs to adhere to its legal obligation to make conservation the number one priority.

Keith Brooks says stronger action is needed to curb ‘the startling number’ of plastic bottles produced and littering the environment.

Prof. Stephanie Carvin says the settlement with Omar Khadr and similar cases show that governments must pay when they don’t respect the rule of law.

Montreal blacksmith Ivan Savchev speaks about what drew him to the craft and why he decided to take a 10-day intensive blade-making course with master Japanese bladesmith Fusataro.

“There is something about blades, it’s a geometry, it requires a really fine eye, it requires a tremendous amount of patience,” said Allen Rozon. “A blacksmith can make a knife, but when a blacksmith makes a knife, you can tell that it’s a blacksmith that made the knife. The difference between a blacksmith making a knife and a bladesmith making a knife is the fit and finish, it’s the quality of the piece, it’s the time spent, it’s the thought put into the materials you’re using.”

Prof. Guenther Ruhe says there needs to be a more systematic way to create apps for people facing emergencies.

Tim Gray says oil companies must clean up toxic tailings ponds or Canadian taxpayers will be left holding the bag.

Dr. Tanjina Mirza, Chief Programs Officer for Plan International Canada, which received $28 million for its programs in sub-Saharan Africa, said she was very pleased with the Canadian government’s announcement and its “strong leadership and commitment to sexual and reproductive health and rights, the empowerment of girls and adolescents and women.”