For more than a decade, Navindra Seeram, a biomedical researcher, has praised maple syrup, calling it a “hero ingredient” and “champion food” that could have wide-ranging health benefits. Dr. Seeram, dean of the School of Pharmacy at the University of New England, has published more than three dozen studies extolling the power of maple. Much…
One recent evening, Sandra Demontigny tried to write down when she would die. “I sat down in a corner with a candle next to me, just to create my own bubble, to think and to cry a little,” she said. She had reflected on this moment for years, desperately hoped for it, fought tirelessly for…
A Quebec law that critics say unjustly targets Muslim, Jewish and Sikh people will be challenged at Canada’s Supreme Court, reigniting a sweeping debate over the province’s brand of secularism. The law, known in Quebec as Bill 21, bars civil servants like teachers, prosecutors and police officers from wearing, while at work, the garments or…