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I’m not in the habit of thanking Donald Trump for anything, much less for his increasingly specific threats to my country. They’re an...
I can still taste the fog that wafted over Pictou County, Nova Scotia. As a little kid, I didn’t know what it was but I did know what it was...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he was stepping down as Liberal leader on Monday following months of speculation and mounting pressure from...
"Media has saved lives," Dr. John O'Connor, a physician working in Fort McMurray, told me during an interview I did with him in 2014, the year...
It’s been a very big year for progress on clean electricity in Canada. Friction between provinces and the federal government continues to play...
By March, Justin Trudeau will be gone and Canada will have a new prime minister. Now begins the process of sorting out the outgoing prime...
My Pasadena aunty Susan has always had a thing for shoes. She ferrets out styles that strike that elusive balance between comfort and cool. And...
At last, the long national nightmare for Canada’s oil and gas industry is over. It loves to pretend it’s been labouring under the yoke of green...
Tony Clarke was a lifelong Canadian social justice and environmental activist who fought tirelessly to make the world a better place. He was also...
If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, Justin Trudeau has laid down more than his share of blacktop during his nine-plus years in...
Paralyzed. Hopeless. Every morning, I wake up to news about climate disasters, the housing crisis, a failing economy. With a federal election on...
In 1971, jazz-funk, proto-rap artist Gil Scott Heron released, “ The revolution will not be televised .” It was intended as a wake-up call to...
These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity. Zaida...
Justin Trudeau has resigned as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. So this is a good time to look back at the good, the bad and the ugly of his...
It’s hard to be a climate optimist these days. With Trumpism ascendant in the United States, Pierre Poilievre well on his way to axing the carbon...
In times of upheaval, reading a new book can bring one back to earth. We recommend Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone...