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Girls don’t get to evacuate first

Girls don’t get to evacuate first

When the wildfire sirens blared through Alberta last summer, 17-year-old Maya packed her little brother’s inhaler and her grandma’s slippers and...

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Jenna Edwards

When Canada invests in carbon fairy tales, we all lose

When Canada invests in carbon fairy tales, we all lose

On Nov. 16th, Canada received the “Fossil of the Day Award” at COP 30 , shaming the country for its activities that hinder progress against global...

23.12.2025 10

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Meg Sears

Readers' choice: What you were reading (and watching) in 2025

Readers' choice: What you were reading (and watching) in 2025

Last week, I asked for your recommendations of your top books of the year, and you delivered in more ways than one. Sifting through your...

22.12.2025 4

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Chris Hatch

Helping immigrants find their place in Canada's climate fight

Helping immigrants find their place in Canada's climate fight

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

22.12.2025 10

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Patricia Lane

When it comes to vaccines, Canada is normal no longer

Canada is being battered by an especially bad flu season. None of this should be particularly surprising, since we had data from the southern...

19.12.2025 20

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Supriya Dwivedi

Alberta’s separatist movement is no joke

Alberta’s separatist movement is no joke

At some point, Danielle Smith is going to have to pick a side. For months now, Alberta’s premier has been catering to the separatists who dominate...

19.12.2025 4

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Max Fawcett

NDP's Avi Lewis wants to put climate back on the table

NDP leadership hopeful Avi Lewis earlier this month released his shoot-for-the stars climate policy, titled  A Green New Deal for Canada .  It’s a...

18.12.2025 3

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Adrienne Tanner

Grow food on farmland, rather than feed and fuel

Grow food on farmland, rather than feed and fuel

Increases in the human population and demand for food are concomitant with decreases in healthy soil, clean and sufficient water and an increase in...

18.12.2025 2

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Ralph Martin