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Our forests have reached a tipping point

Unrelenting logging and fossil fuel burning have flipped one of the planet's largest forests from a critical CO2 sink into a surging CO2 source. This year's climate-fuelled wildfires are the latest acceleration in a multi-decade trend, writes Barry Saxifrage.

Race Against Climate Change

By Barry Saxifrage | Analysis, Climate Solutions Reporting | August 21st 2023

Tricia Murray-d'Eon, her eight-year-old daughter and their dog may not have made it out of the Upper Tantallon wildfire if she hadn't been checking her neighbourhood Facebook page. The evacuation alert came too late. Photo courtesy Tricia Murray-d'Eon

Record-breaking climate disasters reveal cracks in Canada’s alert system

Pelmorex received an administrative licence renewal Aug. 8 for its system — publicly known as Alert Ready — by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), with no public consultation.

By Pippa Norman | News | August 18th 2023

Meta's move to block news for Canadians may hinder emergency information from police

Police services across Canada are grappling with how they will relay emergency information, including breaking news and details of missing persons, once Meta begins permanently removing news from its social media platforms.

By Mickey Djuric | News, Politics | August 10th 2023

Canada is planning to increase how much pesticide residue can remain on some foods. Photo by Laura Arias/Pexels

Feds consider upping allowable pesticide residue limits on our food

There is growing concern about the harmful impact of pesticides on human health, agriculture and biodiversity, prompting calls from researchers to reduce their prevalence.

By Marc Fawcett-Atkinson | News | August 10th 2023

Buildings are seen in floodwater following a major rain event in Halifax on Saturday, July 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

Extreme weather risk changing Canada’s insurance industry

Climate change is driving up insurance rates and raising questions about whether private coverage will even be available for some Canadians in the future.

By Mia Rabson | News | August 4th 2023

A key chain dangles from a fence as part of a memorial outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in Kamloops, B.C., Thursday, June 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Guatemala-based group offers it help for residential school searches

Fredy Peccerelli, a founding member of the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation, has been working for nearly 30 years to bring home bodies of the "disappeared" — Maya civilians killed during the 36-year civil war in Guatemala that ended in 1996.

By Alessia Passafiume | News | August 4th 2023