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How Canada should respond to Charlie Kirk’s murder

How Canada should respond to Charlie Kirk’s murder

You don’t wake up most days expecting to see someone killed, much less in graphic detail. But that’s what happened to millions of people last...

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Max Fawcett

Haida Gwaii shows how to resist Conservative fearmongering on Indigenous rights

Haida Gwaii shows how to resist Conservative fearmongering on Indigenous rights

This has been a big year for Aboriginal title, after both the  Haida title agreement and the recent  BC Supreme Court Decision recognizing...

yesterday 10

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James Rowe

Students work to waste not, want not

Students work to waste not, want not

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

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Patricia Lane

Stop with the 'new normal' already

Stop with the 'new normal' already

No matter how abnormal, every climate impact seems to get enthroned as the “new normal” these days. Smoke-choked cities, crippling heat waves,...

previous day 10

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Chris Hatch

China’s electrification gambit

China’s electrification gambit

Western nations have long been technology and entrepreneurial leaders, but in the race to transform their economies to cleaner and more sustainable...

12.09.2025 30

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Rob Miller

Fossil fuels are an economic drag

Fossil fuels are an economic drag

The federal government, backed by recent public opinion surveys, says fossil fuels are a necessary salve for our economy under the current...

11.09.2025 10

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Anil Hira

Mark Carney's climate hinge point is at hand

Mark Carney's climate hinge point is at hand

Another day, another major climate policy watered down. On Friday, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that he is pausing the EV mandate created...

10.09.2025 30

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Max Fawcett

From Fairy Creek to the Walbran Valley, the fight for ancient forests persists

From Fairy Creek to the Walbran Valley, the fight for ancient forests persists

At dawn on August 25, 30 activists led by Pacheedaht Elder Bill Jones blocked loggers from the old-growth forests on Pacheedaht territory. Five...

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