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The Ministry of Natural Resources Canada has identified four key priorities for 2024, including creating sustainable jobs and industries, reducing energy bills through home retrofits, preparing for natural disasters, and increasing the availability of electric vehicle chargers. Tree Canada is a non-profit organization focused on planting trees across the country to combat climate change and protect biodiversity. The Forest Stewardship Council works to protect forests by tracking certified fiber and empowering consumers to choose responsibly sourced wood and paper products. Forests Ontario emphasizes the importance of using high-quality, source-identified tree seeds to grow healthy and resilient forests. The text also discusses the benefits of plant-based diets for personal health, the environment, and animal welfare, as well as the potential of plant-based foods to reduce the climate impact of agriculture. It highlights the importance of genetic preservation in conservation efforts and promotes the idea of donating and shopping at thrift stores to reduce clothing waste and support local communities. [Extracted from the article]

ARTCAPTURE PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVALVancouver April 1 to 30now celebrating its 11th year, Vancouver’s Capture fest will display 36 exhibitions across dozens of galleries in Metro Vancouver. Among the highlights: digital collages by Slovak-Canadian artist Nicole Beno, images that visualize music by deaf artist Silas Ng and, at the festival’s launch at the Pendulum Gallery, On Time, a group exhibition that challenges the notion of photography capturing a single moment. (The image above, by Anthony Lepore, shows paper strips dripping like sand in an hourglass.)PHOTO (COLOR) [Extracted from the article]

The author presents recommendations for children's literature involving princesses that British Princess Charlotte may enjoy, including "The Old Man of Lochnagar" by her grandfather, Prince Charles, "The Paper Bag Princess," and "A Gold Star for Zog."

The article presents the discussion on creating maple syrup. Topics include connecting to tubes for flowing sap to the boiling room when spring arrives and the team lighting the evaporator for boiling the sap for maple syrup; and wood of maple trees having many other uses such as making floors, furniture, pool cues, pellets for heating, shipping pallets, paper, mouldings in homes and even skateboards, guitars, and pianos.

The article discusses investigation into the Canadian Border Services Agency's (CBSA) handling of refugee claimant cases, focusing on the organization's conduct regarding immigrants who died in its custody. Topics include the suicide of deported hotel maid Lucia Vega Jimenez, the death of illegal immigrant and convicted fraudster Maxamillion Akamai, and allegations that the CBSA released Akamai in order to avoid dealing with his imminent death.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses papers within the issue, including tricks that skilled truck drivers can pull off, a photograph of Autumn Peltier wearing a chief's bonnet made by the Elders of the Anishinabek Nation, and the opposition of environmental group Lloyd Manchester to the Aqua condominium project.

The article discusses atmospheric carbon dioxide reclamation at a facility run by the Carbon Engineering company near Squamish, British Columbia. The facility's conversion of carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon fuel is described along with the environmental advantages allegedly possessed by the method and a paper on the process published in the energy periodical "Joule".

The article discusses research on the Northern Lights by Canadian amateur astronomer and telephone company employee Notanee Bourassa. Bourassa's discovery and backronymic naming of strong thermal emission velocity enhancement (STEVE) is examined along with his co-authorship of a research paper on the topic.

Information about several papers discussed in the meeting initiated by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau along with provincial and territorial premiers in Vancouver, British Columbia on March 3, 2016, is presented. Topics discussed include the decentralization in government, carbon emissions and climate change. The meeting featured notable people including Philippe Couillard, Kathleen Wynne and Catherine McKenna.

The article presents a personal essay on the author's father who raised a family after the death of the author's mother from cancer. The author discusses his father's career in a wood pulp and paper mill, the alleged importance of willpower in his father's solo parenting, and his father's impending 100th birthday.

The article features Film Rescue International, a low-profile outfit in Saskatchewan which develops and transfers old still and motion film. Topics covered include the early history of the company founded by Greg Miller with his partner, Trace Gostick in 1999, examples of expired film stock from Lucasfilm that the company has done and the types of customers that the company has been serving.

The article focuses on the benefits that businesses can derive from utilizing cloud technology-based human resources and payroll management solutions. Topics discussed include the opportunity for employers to access the most current software version and the chance for employees to manage information by utilizing mobile applications. Consideration for the privacy and security of cloud computing and the elimination of paper-based processing are mentioned.

An interview of sculptor Don Foulds is presented. He discusses the creation of the sculpture Mac the Moose in Moose Jaw, Sasketchewan. The creation of a larger moose sculpture in Storelgen, Norway is noted. The role of steel, concrete, and paint as materials is addressed. The public funding of the arts in Norway and Canada is compared.

The author reflects on the involvement of British Prime Minister David Cameron in the Panama Papers. She discusses other world leaders involved in the controversy, the connection of David's father Ian Cameron in the issue, the response of David to the questions about his involvement, and the disclose of Cameron's personal tax returns to the press.

The article discusses how scientists who mapped the genome sequences of human ancestors, the Neanderthal and Denisovan, using ancient bones have discovered that modern day humans carry about 20 percent of their ancient DNA. Topics include how the original paper outlining the findings and written by geneticist Sriram Sankararaman and colleagues was published in the journal "Nature," how our Neanderthal DNA impacts our risk for disease, and the link between Denisovans and Tibetans.

The article offers information on the shortage of pencil crayon. It mentions that the adult colouring book craze run on pencils, and the companies that make it are struggling to keep up with demand. It mentions that the number of people buying adult colouring books has threatened pencil stocks around the world.

The article looks at chalk used for writing on blackboards, focusing on chalk made for many decades by the Japanese firm Hagoromo Bungu Co., which it says is highly regarded by many mathematicians. It reports that the firm is going out of business, leading to a sharp increase in the price of Hagoromo chalk as customers try to stock up on it. Topics include blackboards versus whiteboards in classrooms, and comments are presented from mathematician Satyan Devadoss.