"Climate change everyone living in the north and pursuing traditional ways of living off the land," said Graham Dickson. "And that creates extra challenges and hardships that we want to highlight."

Prof. Steven Patterson was surprised that cavities increased so soon after fluoride was no longer added to drinking water in Calgary.

“We want the world to know that global warming is having an impact,” said Dana Barker-Sheaves. “We may not see it down south the way we see it in the Arctic but every year the conditions are changing: the ice is changing, the wildlife and country food is changing… Eventually, it’s going to move past just the Arctic.”

MSF Canada’s Stephen Cornish believe the Idli hospital attack was deliberate and could constitute a war crime.

“It’s a pretty calamitous combination of what’s really been erratic rainfall for a couple of years and drought, and now the most powerful El-Niño weather event of the last five decades,” James Elder, UNICEF Regional Chief of Communications for East & Southern Africa in a phone interview from Johannesburg. “It really is the case at the moment where nothing is growing, the only thing taking root is this child hunger crisis.”

John Doyle, culture critic and great lover of soccer, wrote, "The World is a Ball" talks about the legacy of Didier Drogba and the Montreal Impact.

Microbiologist Jason Tetro explains the difference between good and bad microbes and how they are important to our health.

“I think what surprised me was that, while there are quite a few practices and programs in place – employers are now offering all types of support to employees in order to maintain their mental health – it really hasn’t been yet firmed up into a strategy or a policy to make it an organizational commitment,” said Louise Chénier, manager of Workplace Health and Wellness Research at the Conference Board of Canada.

Carolann Barr says too many Canadian children and families are homeless. She calls for action on housing and poverty.

Religion in the workplace