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The faces and voices at a COVID-19 era climate protest

The co-ordinated global actions inspired by Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg were much smaller than last September's massive demonstrations due to constraints imposed by the pandemic, but participants say the need for them is more urgent than ever.

Alastair Sharp

Canada and Saskatchewan promise to address Indigenous suicide rate

The governments of Canada and Saskatchewan signed a letter of commitment with the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) on Thursday promising to address death by suicide among Indigenous youth as a priority.

Michael Bramadat-Willcock

A grieving man in Regina makes a tobacco offering as he looks at photos of northerners who took their own lives. Photo by Brandon White

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Rochelle Baker

Liberal promise on national child care provokes mixed response

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Climate strike more urgent given Trudeau’s lack of green ambition, young activists say

Trone Dowd

U.S. voters want to use climate change policies to rebuild the economy after COVID

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E. McIntosh

TMX could be at least two months behind schedule

Carl Meyer

The pandemic hit LGBTQ Canadians differently. Researchers want to know why

Joan Bryden & Stephanie Levitz

Liberals reach deal with NDP

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Michael Bernstein

Doug Ford could win by losing his legal fight against the carbon tax

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Want a green, inclusive recovery? You can't rush that

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What will the throne speech say about poverty?

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Volkmar Richter

Sherlock Holmes has a rival, while VIFF has Toronto drug crime and Jimmy Carter’s musical friends

Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

COVID-19 changed how Canadians eat. But are they wasting less food?

Volkmar Richter

The biggest-ever protest, a modern Southern Gothic, and an early VIFF review

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Post-secondary students call on Trudeau to abandon TMX

The throne speech will happen Sept. 23. The student campaign comes as COVID-19 cases rise again, and as the government appears to back off from its initially lofty promises of a green recovery.

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