The use of drones during wildfires can disrupt response operations

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Unauthorized and irresponsible use of drones in wildfire zones can create problems for firefighting aircraft, as seen in a recent collision during the Los Angeles wildfires. A Canadian Super Scooper aircraft assisting with...

NCAA rule change will allow CHL players to play — but it could have some drawbacks

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Professional hockey has long been criticized for being racially exclusive and prohibitively expensive, making it an inaccessible sport to many. While diversity in Canadian cities has grown, the elite-hockey player base...

Why ‘sexual inconsistency’ can make unhappy relationships

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A binary understanding of different-sex and same-sex relationships does not quite capture the complexity of human sexuality. (Shutterstock) When we see a man and woman in a relationship, many of us will likely assume they...

K Sello Duiker, a rock star of South African literature, died 20 years ago. How his work lives on

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K. Sello Duiker was regarded as a rock star of South African literature. He was one of a group of budding black South African novelists of the late 1990s and early 2000s who emerged with democracy in 1994. They stirred up...

Superannuation is complicated. A guaranteed government income in retirement would be simpler

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Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock Having compulsory super should help create a comfortable and stress-free retirement. But Australias super system is too complex for retirees to navigate. This can leave them stressed and...

What does Trump have in store for the world in his second term? History provides some clues

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Donald Trump is on the eve of becoming only the second United States president to begin a non-consecutive term. Grover Cleveland, more than a century ago, was the other. Non-consecutive terms have occurred in other...

Allies or enemies? Trump’s threats against Canada and Greenland put NATO in a tough spot

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United States President-elect Donald Trumps threats against Greenland, Canada and Panama create destabilizing uncertainty about the short-term intent of the U.S. and the long-term nature of its approach to international...