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A leaked memo reveals details about Trump’s war on science at the NIH

On the chopping block for grants: vaccine hesitancy, the health effects of climate change, gender-affirming care, DEI, research in China, and more.
Race Against Climate Change
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  • Jackie Flynn Mogensen
  • News
May 13th 2025

Canadians still rejecting US travel as boycott continues

Canadian residents returning by automobile from the U.S. in April fell on a year-over-year basis for the fourth consecutive month, preliminary numbers released by Statistics Canada showed Monday. The 1.2 million trips represented a 35.2 per cent drop from the same month in 2024 and 45.1 per cent lower than April 2019, before the pandemic.
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  • Ritika Dubey
  • News
May 12th 2025

Vote recount underway after close federal result in Newfoundland riding

A judicial recount got underway Monday in a rural Newfoundland riding where the Liberals finished with a 12-vote lead.
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May 12th 2025

Liberals suspect special treatment for landfill developers donating to Ford's party

The Liberals want the integrity commissioner to look at whether Premier Doug Ford's government gave a massive landfill expansion project special treatment because its developers are lucrative donors to his party.
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  • Jordan Omstead
  • News
May 12th 2025

We're hiring a Toronto Lead Reporter

We're doubling down on our commitment to on-the-ground reporting on the biggest issue of our time — and we're doing it in our most populous city, where climate and politics intersect in new ways every day.
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  • National Observer Staff
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May 12th 2025

Alberta government announces indefinite freeze on industrial carbon price

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is freezing its industrial carbon price effective immediately at $95 per tonne of emissions.
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  • Jack Farrell
  • News
May 12th 2025

Recount sees Liberals take Quebec riding of Terrebonne by one vote

The Liberals inched another seat closer to a majority government on Saturday, after a judicial recount left their candidate as the winner in the Quebec riding of Terrebonne, by a margin of just one vote.
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  • Cassidy McMackon
  • News
  • Politics
May 12th 2025

'Take it to the next level': Oil and gas industry players embrace AI and other tech

Haul trucks, shovels, pumps and pipes are common sights at Imperial Oil's vast oilsands operations in northeastern Alberta, but so too are robots and drones, with generative artificial intelligence a newer addition to the technological mix.
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  • Lauren Krugel
  • News
May 12th 2025

MedicAlert introduces technology that will allow 911 dispatchers to access records

MedicAlert bracelets are well known to most Canadians — a distinctive piece of jewelry that allows first responders to identify medical conditions in emergencies.
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  • Katrine Desautels
  • News
May 12th 2025

Quebec sends forest fire teams to battle Saskatchewan and Ontario blazes

Quebec's forest fire prevention agency says it is sending reinforcements to Ontario and Saskatchewan to help teams fight several forest and brush fires.
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  • The Canadian Press
  • News
May 12th 2025
a man in a hard hat pops his head up from amidst a bunch of solar panels. he is smiling

New solar certificate programs aim to bolster skilled trades

Canada needs more people working in clean-tech trades, and a new solar installation course aims to make it as easy as possible to break into this line of work.
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  • Natasha Bulowski
  • News
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
  • Ottawa Insider
May 12th 2025

Farmers are making bank harvesting a new crop: Solar energy

In California's water-stressed Central Valley, farmers are fallowing land and installing solar, providing financial stability and saving water.
Race Against Climate Change
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  • Matt Simon
  • News
May 12th 2025

Indigenous entrepreneurs explore 231-year old treaty as a way around US tariffs

As US tariffs disrupt Canada's economy, some Indigenous businesses and leaders are tapping into a centuries-old treaty as a way to bypass trade barriers and assert their sovereignty.
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  • Sonal Gupta
  • News
  • Urban Indigenous Communities in Ottawa
May 12th 2025

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. 
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  • Leah Borts-Kuperman
  • News
May 12th 2025

Inuit group calls for Nunavik Police reform after latest fatal shooting

A fatal shooting on an Inuk man by the Nunavik Police Service on Tuesday is the second officer-involved death in the northern region since November, and has reignited anger and trauma in Nunavik.
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  • Sidhartha Banerjee
  • News
May 9th 2025

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