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Mark Carney's grand bargain is more popular than you think

Mark Carney's grand bargain is more popular than you think

Après   MOU ,  le déluge . As Canadians continue to digest the potential impact of the “grand bargain” between Alberta and the federal government,...

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Max Fawcett

Federal deal with Alberta risks Canada’s climate competitiveness

Federal deal with Alberta risks Canada’s climate competitiveness

Last month's agreement between the governments of Canada and Alberta lays the foundation for a new and highly contested oil pipeline to the...

yesterday 10

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Steven Haig

American decline and Canadian complacency

American decline and Canadian complacency

The world’s axis of rotation has shifted. America is no longer able to provide leadership in global discourse and guidance. US President Donald...

previous day 10

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Andrew S. Wright

The word 'climate' is missing by design

I have been reporting on the “global energy transition” since before the term found its way into everyday use.  Now that I am reporting for...

previous day 3

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Darius Snieckus

Climate abundance is the only way forward

Climate abundance is the only way forward

If you care about climate change and the policies that go into combatting it, I have both good and bad news. The bad news is obvious: we are...

wednesday 10

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Max Fawcett

Mark Carney is making a cynic out of me

When Mark Carney won the last election, I was one of the believers.  I trusted him to navigate the US tariff assault and reshape the Canadian...

wednesday 10

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Adrienne Tanner

Heat pumps could cool BC without demanding too much power

Heat pumps could cool BC without demanding too much power

British Columbia faces a triple heat threat.  Summers are getting hotter and dangerous heatwaves are becoming likelier, posing serious risks to...

wednesday 10

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Jana Elbrecht

Conservatives choose rage-bait over real debate on hate speech

The Liberal government has  agreed to amend the Criminal Code to remove religious exemptions from the country’s hate speech laws, hoping to secure...

09.12.2025 1

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Supriya Dwivedi

Mark Carney’s Liberals are building a new Canadian voter coalition

Mark Carney’s Liberals are building a new Canadian voter coalition

For all the noise that has accompanied Mark Carney’s first seven months as prime minister, one fact is now impossible to deny: the prime minister...

09.12.2025 2

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Andrew Perez

Canada needs its own transition commission

Canada needs its own transition commission

When it comes to managing an oil and gas economy, nobody does it better — or smarter — than Norway. Rather than squandering their oil and gas...

08.12.2025 2

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Max Fawcett

The vanishing accountability act

Is your province or country miles away from hitting its climate targets? Sick of getting grief from independent auditors and annoying kids...

08.12.2025 9

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Chris Hatch

Alberta teen helps young people to influence decision-makers

Alberta teen helps young people to influence decision-makers

These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity. Mihir Rao is...

08.12.2025 1

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Patricia Lane

Something Amazing

I was editing a story this week from reporter Natasha Bulowski and I was struck by how valuable Civic Searchlight is at detecting what’s going on...

08.12.2025 2

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Jimmy Thomson

When Ottawa won't talk climate, we dig deeper

Prime Minister Mark Carney has ushered in a new era of federal climate politics where ministers are reluctant to talk about Canada’s greenhouse gas...

08.12.2025 3

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Natasha Bulowski