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Can I call you obstinate?

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Chris Hatch

What I learned spending a month chasing Poilievre

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Arno Kopecky

Who is minding the water data centres will use?

Who is minding the water data centres will use?

Mark Carney has a plan to turn Canada into the “world’s leading energy superpower,” which includes a national energy corridor and electricity...

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Maude Barlow

Danielle Smith keeps stepping on her own rakes

Alberta's premier got booed by her own supporters for trying to do a deal with Ottawa. Who knew that constantly whipping people up into a frenzied...

thursday 10

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Max Fawcett

Canada's climate champions are down but not out

Canada's climate champions are down but not out

On my East Vancouver street where neighbours fought the city to save an eight-block stretch of  mature elm trees , city crews chopped one down last...

thursday 2

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Adrienne Tanner

The real reason home insurance is breaking: we’re billing the wrong people

The real reason home insurance is breaking: we’re billing the wrong people

Financial analysts spend a lot of time searching for the next big shock. Commentators warn about the AI investment bubble, real estate woes, or...

thursday 9

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Taylor Kiera

Mark Carney’s grand bargain on climate shouldn’t be a surprise

For a deal that was widely rumoured for weeks, if not months, last Thursday’s announcement in Calgary of a “grand bargain” between Alberta and...

03.12.2025 2

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Max Fawcett

COP30: Canada’s methane chorus is getting stale

COP30: Canada’s methane chorus is getting stale

COP30 in Belém, Brazil was a breath of fresh air. After years of climate gatherings in authoritarian regimes, it was inspiring to see Indigenous...

03.12.2025 9

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Mili Roy

Liberals leave everyone confused with mixed MOU messaging

Last week, the federal government signed a deal with the government of Alberta that lays out the blueprint for a pipeline to go from Alberta to...

03.12.2025 1

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Supriya Dwivedi

If we don't expose them, who will?

It started with a hunch. I had been monitoring a couple of Ontario town council meetings and the same messaging kept popping up. Warnings about "...

03.12.2025 20

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Rory White

UN climate talks and Canadian policy can't ignore fossil fuels

UN climate talks and Canadian policy can't ignore fossil fuels

After two weeks of extreme heat, flooding and even a fire, the annual global climate negotiations in Brazil (COP30) concluded acrimoniously last...

02.12.2025 3

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Kathryn Harrison