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Although medically vulnerable populations may always be among the most at risk during climate disasters, there is no need for the loss of life to be as great as it has.
In her time as Alberta NDP leader, Rachel Notley took the party from also-ran status to the first non-conservative government in history. Could she be the one who finally gets the federal NDP to the promised land of real political power?
Ontario Power Generation should build an energy system based on renewable technologies rather than importing nuclear reactors from an unreliable French utility.
Alberta's electricity grid nearly collapsed over the weekend in the face of record-cold temperatures — and no, it wasn't because of wind and solar. Why those facts aren't about to get in the way of Danielle Smith's feelings about renewable energy.
Canada is lagging in decarbonizing and climate-proofing our health-care systems. That's why I'm leaving for a job at the National University of Singapore's School of Medicine.
Democracy is officially on the ballot in November's presidential election. Here's why it might lose, and what that says about our collective willingness to let the partisan ends justify the political means.