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Sweet success found using molasses to clean up toxic landfills

A sugary ingredient for cookies and breakfast dishes is now being used to clean up some of the country’s most difficult, toxic chemical contaminations. At the former Gloucester Landfill in Ontario, federal government staff have been injecting sticky, sweet molasses into contaminated aquifers to remediate the site — and sweetest of all, it seems to be working. 
  • Leah Borts-Kuperman

Important words from Seth Klein

There has never been a more important and urgent time to support independent journalism. In an era when mainstream media is shrinking; when ascendant right-wing politicians around the world are doing everything they can to discredit genuine news organizations; when young voters increasingly get their “news” from social media, and that same social media is awash in misinformation and disinformation – that is precisely when independent media you can trust most needs our financial support.
  • Seth Klein

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‘Nomadland’: Without real housing action, Canada risks a future where kids grow up in campgrounds

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Alberta government announces indefinite freeze on industrial carbon price

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BC's development agenda tramples rights, First Nation leaders warn

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  • Ross Belot

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  • Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

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  • Christopher Pollon

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'Nobody's sleeping': Canada's auto industry is at a crossroads, says Flavio Volpe

In an exclusive interview, the leader of Canada’s influential APMA auto sector body talks about the US tariff impacts, his role on the prime minister’s Canada-US relations council, and why ‘Project Arrow’ could charge-up an all-Canadian EV
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April 23rd, 2025

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