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Clear their names, Jason Kenney

Steve Allan’s anti-Alberta energy inquiry has found the accusations levelled by the Jason Kenney government against environmentalists to be a complete sham, writes columnist Sandy Garossino.

Sandy Garossino

Food Insider

Climate change is battering farmers with a new plague — ticks

Experts warn cases of Lyme disease could become more common as climate change puts farmers, foresters, and others who work the land at greater risk of tick-borne illnesses.

Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

In 1996, Sally Bowen was hit with what was likely Lyme disease or another tick-borne illness. She has had severe symptoms ever since, but still enjoys working on the farm that made her leave Toronto decades ago. Photo by Kayleigh Graham

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Canadian Press

Federal government reaches nearly $8B deal with First Nations on drinking water suit

John Woodside

How should Canada finance infrastructure in an era of climate breakdown?

Amanda Stephenson

Enbridge expects Line 3 pipeline to be in service by year end

Top docs leery of Alberta plan to totally ditch COVID rules

Oliver Milman

This Washington state refinery community has pulled the plug on any new fossil fuel projects

Kelly Geraldine Malone

Archdiocese grovels after Winnipeg priest accuses residential school survivors of lying

The good, the bad and the downright ugly of COVID PPE

Fraser Thomson

To avoid climate catastrophe, Canada must account for its hidden emissions

Thomas Gunton & Isabelle Turcotte

Without a Team Canada approach on climate, we risk getting left behind

Features

Volkmar Richter

Three big films for summer: Jungle Cruise, The Green Knight, and Stillwater

Matthew Hague

Protecting biodiversity in Montreal with Canada's largest city park

Kate Yoder

What counts as a heat wave? It's a matter of life and death

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With the help of the Mounties, the priests piled the children into boats and floated away

Oil drilling rig in Galveston, Texas. Photo by Jerry and Pat Donaho / Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0)

Jesse Firempong

Deceptive fossil fuel companies must be held accountable for their climate crimes

Canadians will turn their back on RBC if it keeps funding climate chaos

During the first half of 2021, RBC has been the target of a public pressure campaign spanning from coast to coast — with customers, shareholders, and employees calling on the “worst fossil bank” in Canada to stop financing fossil fuels.

Cherry Tsoi

Revisiting the New Alberta Advantage: Oilsands' net-zero initiative not nearly enough

Markham Hislop

Julian Brave NoiseCat on the remarkable campaign behind Biden's most historic appointment

Luke Ottenhof

Bill McKibben calls Trudeau 'a lucky guy' in wide-ranging interview

National Observer

New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs speaks with the media in Fredericton, N.B., on Monday, June 21, 2021. File photo by The Canadian Press/Stephen MacGillivray

Michael MacDonald

New Brunswick to lift all COVID restrictions

Michele Audette speaks during ceremonies marking the release of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women report in Gatineau, on Monday, June 3, 2019. File photo by The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

The Canadian Press

Senate appointments include Michèle Audette, MMIWG inquiry commissioner

Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, responds to questions in Vancouver, on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. File photo by The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Christopher Reynolds

Inbox crashes for Afghan interpreter resettlement applications

Brenna Owen

Report warns thousands could die if wildfire response isn’t changed

Special reports

Canada's managed forests are dying, burning and being cut faster than they are growing back

Climate Change

One of Canada’s biggest carbon sinks is circling the drain

Canada's continent-spanning forest used to remove massive amounts of CO2 from the air each year. It was a hugely valuable "carbon sink", slowing the pace of climate change and benefiting our logging industry.

Barry Saxifrage

A fistful of 50 plastic straws found littered on the beach

Climate Change

Climate change is battering farmers with a new plague — ticks

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