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Anne Liang, a 19-year-old Dawson College student in Montreal, organized and ran a thrift fashion show so successful that the college now plans to make...
The Alberta government still doesn't have a specific route or identified proponent for its much-ballyhooed pipeline to the west coast. And when it...
As Canada decouples its economy from the falling empire to the south, it should instead aim to support the growing trend of electrification among its...
Unfortunately, because it is focused primarily on increasing housing supply, the Canada-Ontario Partnership to Build is unlikely to end homelessness...
Cenovus CEO Jon McKenzie gave a big speech at the Global Energy Show in Calgary this week. Its message to both Carney and Smith was clear: the...
For renters, heatwaves are not just uncomfortable, but potentially intolerable and dangerous.
The proposed legislation to speed up infrastructure projects is designed to eliminate red tape. But environmental regulations are not red tape, they...
The Alberta separatist referendum gave the Conservative leader an opportunity to demonstrate some courage, reconnect with Canadians and improve his...
The most recent forecasts are, in a word, “insane,” according to one veteran meteorologist. Almost all of them now anticipate it could surpass any...
Veterinary medicine student Mikayla Astroff earned a Starfish Canada 2026 Climate 75 Fellowship for her work helping youth understand the impacts of...
The structural case against oil and gas expansion is not a case against Canadian resource expansion or economic ambition. It is a case for directing...
Danielle Smith has been able to bully, badger and blackmail her way to a pipeline deal with Ottawa. Now her big plan faces the real test: convincing...
Social conservatism aside, where things are really going to get ugly is BC Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay’s undisguised antagonism toward...
How much power data centres need is half the story. How they use electricity matters just as much.
Ottawa should align workforce planning, funding and training with the industries driving future growth.
At a time when political power is consolidating and major decisions are being accelerated, independent journalism depends on readers to remain...
Sorry, haters: Justin Trudeau is still right about the lack of a business case for east coast LNG exports. There might not be very good one for west...
The problem with federal clean economy tax credits isn’t merely the slow speed of approvals, it’s that the low application rate reveals a broken...
Environmental Defence’s latest analysis found the federal government provided at least $10.2 billion in fossil fuel subsidies and public financing...
Steven Guilbeault's resignation from the Liberal caucus marks the end of a certain approach to doing climate politics. That's not necessarily a bad...
Name a dimension to the climate struggle and Steven Guilbeault has given his lifeforce to it.
Once again, a political base that's been fed a steady diet of outrage, fear, and anti-Ottawa loathing has turned on its master. At some point, you'd...
Industry leaders have positioned pipelines and new oil production as synonymous with Canadian sovereignty and economic strength. But robust clean...
A reckless plan to gut environmental laws could push endangered species past the point of no return.
Former environment and climate minister Steven Guilbeault joined the Liberals because he wanted influence over climate policy. But the compromises...
Alberta's oil and gas industry advocates continue to treat China as an economic opportunity, one that justifies new pipelines to the west coast. They...
SpaceX turned a fragile Texas wetland into a company town. The rules did not disappear — they bent until they no longer worked. With Bill C-5...
Conservative politicians like Pierre Poilievre have spent the last decade nurturing the resentments of Albertans towards Ottawa. Now, they need to...
A move to lower-carbon construction presents a great opportunity for Canada.
When a journalist who's covered a beat for 15 years takes a buyout, what walks out the door isn't a writer. It's a detection system that took fifteen...
Eby called Alberta's vote on a separation referendum 'reckless' and said this week's meeting of western and northern political leaders was supposed to...
Over the past year, while Premier Doug Ford and his government were busy making major decisions at Queen's Park for communities hundreds of kilometres...
An infamous climate forecast has been dropped by one of the important research consortiums. But that doesn't mean that global heating is a hoax, no...
By throwing his weight and goodwill behind the Alberta pipeline project, Mark Carney is effectively putting his support behind an unprincipled premier...
The Conservative premier is holding the entire country hostage to the grievances and frustrations of a small group of Albertans. Now, in trying to...
Canada should consider how it can play a role in the global supply chain that feeds domestic renewable power generation all over the world.
Keeping the uncomfortable truths about climate change on the public radar takes an unrelenting newsroom. I believe Canada's National Observer is the...
Keeping the uncomfortable truths about climate change on the public radar takes an unrelenting newsroom. I believe Canada's National Observer is the...
Insects have been part of human diets for centuries, yet in many Western countries, even the suggestion of eating one is enough to trigger immediate...
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new program should provide stable and long-term funding, remove upfront costs for customers and support business...
For decades now, environmental activists have fought to promote and protect the science behind climate change. Why that fight is largely over now —...
Canada has sustained a bruising combination of blows to its climate ambitions this past week — and all at the hands of the prime minister himself.
Victor Yin shows people they are not alone in their grief and mourning over the climate. With his co-facilitator Christina Joy, the 25-year-old from...
The Ontario Liberal Party should be expressing concern at alleged irregularities from a nomination contest in Scarborough Southwest, and assuring...
Mark Carney's announcement of a deal with Alberta to build a new pipeline is bad enough. The language with which it was announced is somehow even...
You have to wonder why so many small town Ontario councils are siding with Big Gas at a time when so many others are moving to ban gas heating in new...
The prime minister is relaxing environmental regulations, reducing the industrial carbon price and talking up the importance of pipelines. He's also...
The Alberta separatist movement was dealt a crushing blow in a court decision on Wednesday. It didn't take the premier long to blame the courts —...
With conflict in the Middle East driving structural shifts to global energy markets, Canada faces a choice: build for a transition economy, or double...
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