Sustainable Cities | Canada's National Observer: News & Analysis

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Sustainable Cities

As Canada's cities race against climate change, the urgency of finding solutions intensifies

Summerside

The little Canadian city that became an inadvertent climate leader

St. John's

Funding and red tape take the wind out of St. John's climate plans

Sackville

In Sackville, N.B., students demanded climate change solutions, and they got what they asked for

Halifax

Designing its way to a cleaner future, Halifax reaches for net zero

Montreal

Protecting biodiversity in Montreal with Canada's largest city park

Toronto

Toronto's booming urban farms aid food security and reduce carbon emissions

Winnipeg

The long, costly road ahead for Winnipeg's transit improvement plans

Saskatoon sees bright future in solar energy

Edmonton

Living the green dream in Edmonton

Vancouver

Vancouver considers doing what no North American city has done so far — charging vehicles to use the road

Yellowknife

Yellowknife banks on a controversial climate solution

Solar power in the Arctic? Iqaluit is giving it a go

Whitehorse looks to battery storage to unplug from diesel