Toddler fighting for life after inflatable house thrown into air by violent storm Six people were hospitalised after the incident in Greater Montreal, medics said The Independent UK · Jun 2
Budget cuts at Environment and Climate Change Canada threaten Arctic science The Arctic has been in the news a lot lately. Between the increased geopolitical interest in Greenland, claims over sovereignty, resource exploitation and the devastating impacts of climate change, the region has become a sentinel for global change. The Conversation · Mar 8
Lessons In Horror With Cambodia's Khmer Rouge Tribunal Sheltering in the shade of a bus repurposed into a mobile museum, Mean Loeuy tells a group of children about the hell he went through in a Khmer Rouge labour camp. International Business Times · Apr 16, 2025
Attributing Canada’s June heat wave to climate change is an important step in adapting to a warmer world This June saw major heat waves across Canada with peak temperatures — measured over a three-day period — of 7.4 C in eastern Ontario, 10.7 C in southern Québec, 7.2 C in northern Québec and 10.6 C in Atlantic Canada. On June 19, more than 100 locations across Canada set… The Conversation · Jul 16, 2024
Tornadoes And Storms Cause Damage And Power Outages In Ottawa, Canada Severe weather wreaks havoc, leaving one injured, 125 homes damaged, and thousands without power. Zenger · Jul 14, 2023
Nuclear fusion breakthrough: Decades of research are still needed before fusion can be used as clean energy The U.S. Department of Energy reported a major scientific breakthrough in nuclear fusion science in December 2022. For the first time, more energy was released from a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it. The Conversation · Jun 27, 2023
Lessons from the Khmer Rouge tribunal One of the saddest episodes of Southeast Asian history was the period during the 1970s that witnessed the rule of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. The group was driven by a warped ideology, and it perpetrated myriad crimes against the general population. Millions were killed and displaced through a range… Bangkok Post · Feb 17, 2023
Former Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan loses genocide appeal Ruling marks the final decision by the court and ends 16 years of work by the UN-backed war crimes tribunal in Cambodia. Al Jazeera · Sep 22, 2022
Khmer Rouge tribunal ending work after 16 years, 3 judgments An international court convened in Cambodia to judge the brutalities of the Khmer Rouge regime that caused the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people in the 1970s is ending its work after taking 16 years to convict just three men of crimes The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2022
Khmer Rouge Tribunal, helping Cambodians heal, nears end Hybrid UN-Cambodia court has been criticised, but teaching people about the past will be its most valuable legacy. Al Jazeera · Apr 28, 2022