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Alberta's premier is no stranger to creating, and using, political leverage — even if it creates the risk of blowback. So why is she so unwilling to...
Food insecurity is one of Canada’s most pressing social issues. In a world marked by escalating conflicts, climate shocks and volatile supply...
The 2025 Alberta–Carney agreement explicitly links pipeline construction to the Pathways project. Despite record profits — $37 billion for...
The next extreme weather disaster is already on its way. The decisions we make today will determine the cost, the speed of recovery and the number of...
A constitutional amendment granting cities the power to tax and raise revenue is both perfectly logical and politically impossible. The federal...
The budget said it would commence with the 2026 fiscal year (which started April 1). We are now more than a quarter into that fiscal year with no YCC...
Racing to adopt AI serves no one but the tech industry. It’s time the federal government recognized that.
It is remarkably rare that a news story about climate impacts actually mentions climate change. Rarer still are the stories that pinpoint fossil fuels...
If we build climate adaptation for those most likely to be left behind during disasters such as wildfires, we will build stronger, safer communities...
I understand the broader strategy at work here, and I’m willing to bet many Canadians do as well. In the face of a volatile and vainglorious bully...
Only the US Spanish-language television network, Telemundo, connected hydration breaks with the overheating of the planet.
Bill Henwood of Sechelt, BC, has spent his life fighting to protect Canada's wild spaces. His next battle to protect the endangered Coastal Douglas...
Governments should not simply promote EV adoption; they should also strengthen public understanding of the broader resilience benefits associated with...
Parsing through the finer details in the Carney government's investment playbook, it is becoming increasingly clear that there is little distinction,...
The now-annual bouts of wildfire smoke are yet another reminder of the importance of reducing our use of fossil fuels and replacing them wherever...
We weaned our household off gas in stages, going from easiest to hardest, starting with our stove, then our car, and finally the heat pump which for...
Community newspapers — with or without an insert — are not ‘junk mail’; they are a social good.
It’s understandable when we ask whether everyone made it out of the latest disaster alive. But we can’t blind ourselves to the deeper question —...
Hanna Grover, 17, founded Poet2Poet, an organization that helps more than 10,000 young people work through issues including mental health and climate...
The US president and members of congress lashed out at Canada over the smoke pouring across the border this week. They should look in the mirror.
There's no sense in arguing over whether to protect people from deadly heat today, or cut emissions to prevent the problem from getting worse...
Justin Trudeau changed Senate rules to discourage patronage appointments and removed party affiliation from Liberal senators for a reason. Carney's...
Danielle Smith wants to double Alberta's oil production in a decade. The math still says that's impossible — and all the MOUs in the world can't...
The federal government’s new plan is to introduce tailpipe emission standards intended to reach a weaker goal of 75 per cent EVs by 2035. That pales...
Like many newcomers, the notion of environmental instability in Canada never really crossed my mind; I just anticipated the comfort that seasons would...
The Ontario premier's latest multi-billion dollar infrastructure proposal might be his dumbest idea yet. It's also a sign of how unprepared he is for...
Governments spend billions fighting fires, rebuilding communities, compensating disaster victims and treating the growing health burden from climate...
Payal Mehta has a plastic dream. This young climate leader from Guelph, Ont., was named a 2026 Starfish Canada Fellow for her work starting...
Canadians are being sold a story about energy security, economic competitiveness and national interest. Yet a hypothetical new oilsands pipeline would...
Pierre Poilievre's comments at the Calgary Stampede sparked some vicious in-fighting on Twitter between leading Conservative organizers. It's just the...
Climate change risks to human neurological development play out through complex biological pathways that we are only beginning to understand. Heat...
Civic-minded journalism can help limit suffering during heat waves by alerting the public and sharing safety tips.
If Albertans insist on playing the blame game, I have a suggestion for who they ought to be targeting: their provincial government.
Governments and institutions across Canada are cutting education budgets, selling public infrastructure and undervaluing nature-based outdoor learning...
Ahmad Chattha is passing on climate hope to the children who come next. This 18-year-old Toronto highschool student is determined to ensure that young...
Prior to being elected prime minister, Carney dubbed climate change “an existential threat.” This week, he was calling the plan to fight climate...
Alberta's premier requires an enemy in Ottawa. The prime minister keeps refusing to play that role.
The territory has a far more sophisticated and nuanced approach than the “economic zone” and fast-track development models now being advanced...
One of the benefits of Canada being a late-mover in the platform regulation space, compared to our peers like the UK, EU, and Australia, is that we...
Offloading infrastructure costs onto taxpayers won’t change the economics of falling Asian fossil fuel demand.
Like most countries, Canada has its problems. But if we find the courage and political will to actually address them, there's no telling how much...
Doug Ford's government is betting big on nuclear energy. Danielle Smith's government prefers natural gas. Neither seems to want to do the actual...
Across Canada, a coalition of approximately $3 billion worth of near-term carbon and clean-energy projects is effectively shovel-ready.
Coffee farms take a heavy toll on wildlife and the climate, as seen recently with deforestation in Vietnam. But the food you eat is causing even more...
Today’s heatwaves are bad enough, but far too few people realize that these are still the early days and there’s much worse to come. It will keep...
A recent column criticizing Elon Musk drew the ire of his fellow tech executives. Why they're missing the forest — surging opposition to AI and data...
Ashton Kerr connects and empowers people to take action for the environment. As acting director of partnerships and programs for Green Teams Canada,...
The prime minister has loudly touted Canada's latest commitments to its Arctic sovereignty. On the ground in Nunavut, aging infrastructure has long...
Bill C-30's authorization of the use of banned pesticides allows political and economic interests to override health and environmental evidence.
It's devastating to realize the tragedy of losing more than 600 lives in the 2021 Heat Dome in BC did not provoke a much-needed wake-up call, and that...
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