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We are running a three-way relay race involving mitigation, adaptation and carbon removal.
It was more than a decade ago when former prime minister Justin Trudeau promised to change Canada's electoral system. Mark Carney should finish the...
Every dollar Ottawa puts into food capacity needs a matching commitment for the farmers, processors, truck drivers and community workers who turn it...
Cities have a lot of power to reduce carbon pollution with policies such as banning gas heating in new homes and buildings.
Kelp forests, found along more than a quarter of the world’s coastlines, are among the most productive ecosystems on the planet.
The question for political leaders and high-speed rail supporters is how to sustain and build on this encouraging start?
The separation question has consumed most of the attention around the province's October 19th referendum. The immigration-related questions also on...
In Grade 10, Melody Silva began pressing her Saltspring Island, BC, school to provide plastic recycling and composting. To her frustration and despite...
It would be one thing if the arguments for expanding fossil fuels were geostrategic or economic. The public could weigh the projects and forecasts...
The ball for the west coast oil pipeline — sorry, the "Pacific Link" — is now fully in the oil and gas industry's court. One big question remains:...
Getting women — particularly racialized women — onto the ballot is only half the battle. We also need to ensure that once elected, they can serve...
The federal government's AI consultation sidelined the perspectives of working people, students, artists, parents and anyone encountering the...
The fact that about 30 masked men had the temerity to intrude on Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc land speaks to how emboldened this noxious group has become....
Given the opportunity to take responsibility for a blunder, Bradford instead channeled his inner Rob Ford, the city’s late, headline-generating,...
The tension between pipeline support and concerns about climate is at the heart of what we call the politics of continuity: the struggle over what we...
Memo to our friends (and yes, our enemies) to the south: the problem isn’t just Donald Trump. It’s you
The politicking around a new west coast oil pipeline is almost done. Now the real work begins — and the real challenge reveals itself.
Outgoing UN Secretary-General António Guterres has been outspoken about climate change while occupying his office. The message from his last General...
Leonie Murdoch, 18, of Nanaimo, BC believes people will protect what they know and respect — and so she leads guided walks and publishes Instagram...
This new form of denialism has our political leaders assuring us they understand and accept the warnings about climate change — but they are in...
Free speech? Sure. People are free to put up posters on utility poles expressing their views and promoting their causes — and other people offended...
Bill C-39 is a fight over regulatory rules, labour law, environmental assessment and Indigenous consultation. But it is also part of a larger...
After Rory White revealed a Toronto mayoral campaign is putting AI-written comments in its supporters' mouths, political insiders were quick to...
The Ontario town is not doing enough to protect Canada's most important Great Lakes habitat for the endangered piping plover.
The advantage granted to the province's NDP premier by the spectacular flameout of his arch rival Kerry-Lynne Findlay was a temptation simply too...
Donald Trump's latest economic threat involves replacing Canada's potash with imports from Belarus. The official opposition decided to blame ... the...
Canadians are largely united behind their federal government's decision to stand up to Donald Trump. The business community seems decidedly less...
Before the federal government puts its full weight behind this supposedly critical piece of oil infrastructure, Canadians deserve answers to some...
Forget about banning American imports. In Alberta, the government is actively importing as many aspects of their political culture as possible. The...
What we’re experiencing is not the disaster capitalism of the past, write Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor in their new book. What’s new is the...
Gayatri Sakharkar has invented a substitute for agricultural plastic film that leaves no toxic trace because it is made from orange and pineapple...
If Canada wants an electricity strategy that delivers lasting prosperity, workers and communities must be at its centre from the start.
The prime minister's “major projects” push merely continues a long practice of de-risking Canada’s mining industry. The vast public resources...
The Alberta NDP shocked almost everyone by winning a byelection in a traditionally safe conservative seat. Now it has to do something even harder:...
Ontario’s energy vulnerability is something that its premier helped create. If he wants to get serious about the trade war, he'll have to own up to...
This year’s literary festival, starting October 18, will be its biggest yet.
Canada’s National Adaptation Strategy provides the basis for supporting greater coordination and accountability, but we have yet to see it advance...
America's president keeps trying to bully Canada into submission — and maybe surrender. Mark Carney has apparently been working on a much better...
In our strange modern cyborg lives, even the most extreme events quickly disappear over the horizon of the infinite scroll. While ordinary people are...
In her role as executive director of Canada’s Climate Caucus, Zoe Grams helps local leaders through network-building, resource-sharing and advocacy,...
British Columbians who remember why the tanker ban and the court challenge mattered deserve to hear why Premier David Eby has given up opposing...
Alberta's premier might be the most Trump-friendly politician in Canada, but she still hasn't figured out what makes him tick — or why he's a far...
It says a lot about the politics and priorities of the feds that they chose to release a damning report on the future of Canada's climate at the most...
In the face of the Trump administration's sabre rattling, the Carney government has proposed to make Canada less militarily dependent on our southern...
Instead of middle-aged white folks piloting diesel trucks, this convoy — or caravan, as they call it — is composed of seniors in electric vehicles...
Ironically, gasoline and diesel prices in Canada today are higher, even with the tax break, than on April 19, before it came into effect. It seems...
We urge the Prime Minister to listen to the parents, grandparents and caregivers leading the fight for a prosperous future for our children and...
Both the Alberta and federal governments seem much more interested in how we’re going to build out data centres than they are in figuring out how to...
Pierre Poilievre practises a form of digital-first, anger-driven politics that nearly took him to the pinnacle of Canadian politics. Now it might be...
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