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Climate abundance is the only way forward

Retreats can precede, and even produce, great victories. When it comes to climate change, that means focusing far more on reducing costs than...

yesterday 7

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Max Fawcett

Mark Carney is making a cynic out of me

What to do in a political ecosystem where, for anyone concerned about climate change or whose politics run even slightly left of centre, there is...

yesterday 8

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Adrienne Tanner

Heat pumps could cool BC without demanding too much power

In the summer, heat pumps protect their owners during scorching heat waves and keep them comfortable on less-intense days — while also filtering...

yesterday 7

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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...

previous day 10

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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...

previous day 10

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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...

monday 10

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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...

monday 10

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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...

monday 10

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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...

monday 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...

monday 2

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Natasha Bulowski

Can I call you obstinate?

05.12.2025 5

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Chris Hatch

What I learned spending a month chasing Poilievre

05.12.2025 2

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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...

05.12.2025 7

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Maude Barlow