As world marks 80 years since atomic anniversary, Canada has room to lead

Canadian diplomacy can and has had major impact on global affairs in the past, and the country is extremely well placed to take substantive action in support of the total elimination of nuclear weapons.

The impact of the dropping of atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 continues to reverberate 80 years later, writes Earl Turcotte. Photographs courtesy of the U.S. Government

Opinion

BY EARL TURCOTTE

August 6, 2025

On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States of America unleashed atomic horror upon the people of Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, Nagasaki suffered the same fate. Two rudimentary, and—by modern standards—tiny atomic bombs ended the lives of more than 200,000 people. Mos...

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