Skip to main content
Link to home page Canada's National Observer logo
Log in
Account
Log out
Subscribe
Donate
Log in
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Climate Solutions
  • Special reports
  • Podcasts
    • The Takeover
    • Mortal Giants
    • Slick Science
    • The Poison Detectives
    • The Road
    • The Salmon People
    • Race Against Climate Change
    • Hot Politics
    • Maxed Out
  • Newsletters
    • Zero Carbon-Chris Hatch
    • Maxed Out-Max Fawcett
    • Canada's Climate Daily
    • Canada's Climate Weekly
  • News
  • Team
  • About
  • Advertise
Search
Account
Log out

Search

Bill C-5 passes the House of Commons vote after accelerated process

The bill will give cabinet enhanced powers to approve and accelerate projects it deems to be in the national interest. It now goes to the Senate for final approval, where it is expected to pass.
  • Natasha Bulowski

Illustration by Ata Ojani

Are there geothermal greenhouses in Labrador's future?

Geothermal can provide year-round, carbon free heat for greenhouses. The communities of Port Hope Simpson, Cartwright and Black Tickle are hoping government-funded studies show they have the needed heat.
  • Cloe Logan

Today's must read

  • Sonal Gupta

BC First Nations are leading a waste revolution

  • Maria Shallard
  • Shianne McKay
  • Grace Donnelly

The climate discussion requires Indigenous leadership — every single day

  • Max Fawcett

Pierre Poilievre might be cooked

Sign up for our newsletter

News

  • Sonal Gupta

'Here We Stand': River journey protests controversial bills

  • Rochelle Baker

Fraser River feels the burn: Wildfires spiking pollutants and altering ocean carbon

  • Max Whiteman

A new campaign fights for zero waste at FIFA World Cup 2026

Opinion

  • Patricia Lane
  • Tim Nash

Ethical investments can make a difference

  • Andrew Szava-Kovats

Smoke season is not normal. Stop pretending it is.

  • Adrienne Tanner

Ford's nuclear obsession is robbing Ontario of its true clean energy future

Features

  • Volkmar Richter

MOVIES: Another big animated film for the summer plus a noxious Toronto mayor, Indigenous culture and more

  • Darius Snieckus

Canada races to catch up as G7 releases action plan for critical minerals

  • Natasha Bulowski

Conservatives vote with Carney government to rush Bill C-5

Solutions

  • Kate Yoder

Climate disasters can alter kids’ brains before they’re even born

  • Damian Carrington

‘Win-win’: new maps reveal best opportunities for global reforestation

  • Patricia Lane
  • Kaelem Moniz

Scouts plant trees to help conserve Canada's future

In case you missed it

  • Christopher Pollon

Warming waters revive port plans in Churchill

  • Christopher Pollon

Americans keep an eye on Arctic port revival in Churchill

BC’s sunflower sea stars are now endangered, but rays of hope remain

Sunflower sea stars clinging to life in BC’s cold-water fjords are officially on the edge of extinction, a Canadian scientific advisory panel warns.
  • Rochelle Baker

Can homes built in a factory fill Canada’s housing gap?

  • Hanna Hett

Green building pioneers chart persuasive paths to profit

  • Darius Snieckus
A construction crane towers over the Academic Wood Tower construction site on the University of Toronto campus. Toronto, Ont.

Timber trail blazers see new growth in green building drive

  • Darius Snieckus

Business

A worker pours concrete into a crane bucket
Big Green Build

'Concrete revolution' takes aim at construction’s worst polluter

Concrete has weighed down the building industry's efforts to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, but a low-carbon revolution in the world’s most-used construction material is starting to gather momentum
  • Darius Snieckus
Business Solutions

Volkswagen's EV battery-maker charges ahead with $7 billion gigafactory as rivals’ plans stall

  • Darius Snieckus
Business Solutions

Boeing bets on Canadian green jet fuel technologies

  • Darius Snieckus
Big Green Build

Aging condos get expert help with clean upgrades

  • Christopher Pollon
Business Solutions

Arrow reborn: an all-Canadian EV aims to revolutionize industry

  • Darius Snieckus
Podcasts
Episode 5
April 24th 2025

Back in Canada

Listen now
Episode 4
April 17th 2025

Drill Baby Drill

Episode 3
April 15th 2025

Get Rid of it All

Episode 2
April 10th 2025

Jordan Peterson Power Broker

Episode 1
April 8th 2025

Shock and Awe

Episode 9
March 25th 2025

New World Disorder

Episode 17
December 12th 2024

The Big Decision

Episode 16
December 10th 2024

A Summer of Whales & Salmon

Episode 8
December 3rd 2024

Beyond the Headlines: The India Canada Diplomatic Storm

Episode 7
November 26th 2024

Strange Bedfellows: Russia, North Korea and the War in Ukraine

Episode 6
November 19th 2024

Trump and the Post-American World

See all
Podcasts

More in today's news

  • Ashley Joannou

Cull of BC ostriches paused pending court appeal

  • Matthew Scace

Search continues for missing hikers after rockfall at Banff National Park

  • The Canadian Press

Parliament is set to rise today, with MPs to vote on controversial major projects bill

  • Dylan Robertson

'We cannot waste any time': Anand pledges 'action' and reform in foreign affairs

  • Ashley Joannou
  • Isabel Ruitenbeek

Mike Pemberton wins Yukon Liberal leadership race and will be next premier

  • Maura Forrest

Quebec dials back emissions projections, blaming global uncertainty

  • The Canadian Press

BC Forest Practices Board says forestry changes could reduce the risk of wildfires

  • Natasha Bulowski

Opposition parties curtail some special powers in Carney’s Bill C-5

  • Abdul Matin Sarfraz

Ford promises mining projects won’t proceed without First Nations consultation after backlash

  • Nono Shen

BC NDP want RCMP investigation of alleged Conservative blackmailers

  • The Canadian Press

Man seen 'speeding toward' dolphins on Jet Ski fined $5,000

  • Michael Tutton

People with disabilities concerned proposed Liberal bill will hike federal taxes

Support award-winning independent journalism with your subscription today

  • Canadian Association of Journalists Awards
    • Finalist
    • Canadian Association of Journalists
    • Data journalism award
    • Human rights reporting award
    • Outstanding investigative journalism
  • Michener Award
    • Winner
    • Michener Award
    • Meritorious public service journalism
    • 2019 & 2016
  • National Newspaper Award
    • Winner
    • National Newspaper Award
    • Columns (2021)
    • Business reporting (2016)
  • Canadian Journalism Foundation
    • Finalist
    • Canadian Journalism Foundation Award for Climate Solutions Reporting
Canada's National Observer
  • Jobs
  • Freelance for Us
  • Masthead
  • Advertise
  • Search
  • Help
  • The Trust Project
  • Contact
  • Ethics
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Admin
Subscribe Newsletter Donate
Download our app
App Store App QR code
Google Play App QR code
Trust Project logo
© Observer Media Group 2025