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When Canada invests in carbon fairy tales, we all lose

Behind shiny pipes and piles of money lurks a fairy tale that Canada can produce, refine, ship and burn oil, with substantial carbon dioxide (CO2)...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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

The immigration debate has only just begun

We’re not out of the woods yet, folks. While Donald Trump has stopped openly musing about turning Canada into the 51st state, his administration...

17.12.2025 8

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Max Fawcett

An LNG moratorium could benefit everyone — including the sector itself

An LNG moratorium could benefit everyone — including the sector itself

The Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) industry is at an impasse, with the energy source touted as a “bridge fuel” for the green transition acting as a low-...

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Donald Maccallum

A tale of two climates

One of the hallmarks of modern weather is volatility — rapid swings from one extreme to another, with violent storms in between. By no coincidence,...

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Arno Kopecky

A letter from Jimmy Thomson on impact

As a subscriber, you power our reporting.   As editor-in-chief, I believe you have a right to know how we’ve spent your dollars. But how to...

17.12.2025 1

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Jimmy Thomson