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663 Articles

Churchill at a Crossroads: The long road of integration between western science and local knowledge

A National Marine Conservation Area promises to deliver resources for more monitoring and an ongoing scientific understanding of the vast climate changes the North is undergoing. But to the people of Churchill, that’s not good enough on its own; a deepening scientific understanding, many believe, must include the region's lived ancestral knowledge.
By
  • Matteo Cimellaro
  • Analysis
  • Urban Indigenous Communities in Ottawa
January 6th 2025
Image of British Columbia flag choked in clouds of emissions.

The BC NDP is not the climate leader it is cracked up to be

Reality check: BC emissions have soared since 1990 – and all the increase has happened while the BC NDP ran the government.
Race Against Climate Change
By
  • Barry Saxifrage
  • Analysis
January 2nd 2025

Is the Liberals climate plan built on quicksand? A year end interview with Steven Guilbeault

In a year end interview with Canada's National Observer, Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault acknowledges the tough political headwinds his government is facing as he tries to get the last of the Liberal's climate plan over the line. But if the Conservatives come to power next year, a big question remains: what, if anything, will survive?
By
  • John Woodside
  • Analysis
  • Politics
December 31st 2024

Canada's high-speed rail plans reveal transportation conundrum

Taking a train from Montreal to Ottawa recently, McGill professor John Gradek kept an eye on the speedometer. He noted it reached a top speed of about 160 kilometres per hour. That may be fast for a car, but it’s slow by train standards; high speed trains in Europe and Asia reach speeds of up to 460 kilometres per hour.
By
  • Julia Stratton
  • Analysis
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
December 23rd 2024

When it comes to energy, the U.S. has Ontario over a barrel

The idea of using energy as a cudgel is unbelievably terrible for Ontario when we look at how energy is supplied to the province. Ontario has far more to lose if the U.S. slashes energy supplies to Canada, than the other way around.
By
  • Ross Belot
  • Analysis
December 19th 2024

Is Canada’s EV dream running out of charge?

Business Solutions
By
  • Darius Snieckus
  • Analysis
  • Business
December 18th 2024

Dead party walking: Freeland quits, Trudeau clings to power

Chrystia Freeland has resigned as finance minister amid bitter feud with Trudeau, setting the stage for an intra-party war as Trump tariffs loom on the horizon.
By
  • John Woodside
  • Natasha Bulowski
  • Analysis
  • Politics
December 16th 2024

The India Canada Diplomatic Storm

By
  • Sandra Bartlett
  • Analysis
  • Mortal Giants
December 3rd 2024

Churchill at a Crossroads: A traditional way of life clashes with 'last chance tourism'

The encounter between Mamgark and the tourists is where the real and practical world of the North confronts an idealized and romanticized Arctic. It’s an imaginary Arctic, part of an image sold for southerners’ consumption. That tension is underlined by an increasingly common phrase: “last chance tourism." This phrase refers to the threats posed by the rapid ebbs and flows of the Anthropocene. As for Churchill, the term could mean a tourist’s last opportunity to see the Arctic as it is now, before its iconic wildlife is gone, a relic of a colder era.
By
  • Matteo Cimellaro
  • Analysis
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
  • Urban Indigenous Communities in Ottawa
December 2nd 2024

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

By
  • Sandra Bartlett
  • Analysis
  • Mortal Giants
November 26th 2024

Canada's biggest battery powers up

Ontario will switch on the country's biggest energy storage facility next summer, taking a key step in transforming an aging electricity network aiming to be net-zero by 2035 — and one that could spark the grid revolution the province needs.
Powering Up
By
  • Darius Snieckus
  • Analysis
  • Business
November 26th 2024
Illustration of UK flag with arrow and target

U.K. puts Canada to shame with bold 2035 climate target

The British just set their 2035 target at an eye-opening 81 per cent below their 1990 emissions. Canada will set a 2035 target in a few days. Here’s where both nations are today.
Race Against Climate Change
By
  • Barry Saxifrage
  • Analysis
November 25th 2024

Gas power divides Ontario cities as province pushes expansion

Ontario insists it still needs gas-fired electricity as part of its future mix, despite incoming federal regulations to get Canada’s electricity grid to net-zero emissions by 2035. But some municipalities are refusing to take on additional gas generation because of concerns about climate change and health.
Powering Up
By
  • Natasha Bulowski
  • Analysis
  • Energy
  • Politics
  • Ottawa Insider
November 21st 2024

Listen to "Trump and the Post-American World".

By
  • Sandra Bartlett
  • Analysis
  • Mortal Giants
November 19th 2024
Graphic of EU and Canada flags with smoke obscuring parts of them.

Canada is out of excuses. Europe slashes climate pollution while we flounder

Canadians are running out of excuses for our sky-high emissions. Not only is the EU cutting emissions as a group, but every one of its 27 member nations (except the tiny island nation of Cyprus) has as well.
Race Against Climate Change
By
  • Barry Saxifrage
  • Analysis
November 18th 2024

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