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Chrystia Freeland has a record of standing up to bullies, and progress on the climate emergency is being blocked by fossil fuel bullies prepared to put our children at risk, writes Seth Klein. File photo by Alex Tétreault

Where is Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on the climate emergency?

If the finance minister really wanted to show us that she understands and is ready to lead on the climate emergency, what would she do? asks columnist Seth Klein. He has a few suggestions.

Opinion

Race to a Safer World

By Seth Klein | Opinion, Politics, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 23rd 2022

Husky Energy logo is shown at the company's annual meeting in Calgary on Friday, May 5, 2017. Husky Oil has been fined $600,000 for releasing a harmful substance into a river in Saskatchewan. File photo by The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

Husky Oil fined for contaminated water release into Saskatchewan river

The charge came after the release almost four years ago of about 2.8 million litres of process water, a byproduct of oil and gas production and typically high in salt content.

By The Canadian Press | News, Politics | May 2nd 2022

The George Gordon Indian Residential School, shown in a 1946 photo, ran from 1888 to 1996 and was established by the Anglican Church of Canada. It became known for physical and sexual abuse. (HO-Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre, Algoma University)

'Possible burials found' at Saskatchewan First Nation

A Saskatchewan First Nation says it plans to release details today about "possible burials found" at the site of a former residential school.

By The Canadian Press | News, Politics | April 20th 2022

Canada map covered in fossil fuel exhaust

Wrong-way Canada emitting more while our G7 peers clean up

Canada is the only G7 nation still emitting far above 1990 levels — and we are still heading in the wrong direction, writes columnist Barry Saxifrage.

Race to a Safer World

By Barry Saxifrage | Analysis, Climate Solutions Reporting | March 23rd 2022

Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador shelled out a combined $4 billion in fossil fuel subsidies from April 2020 to the end of 2021. Paul Lowry / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Provincial fossil fuel subsidies pose big problems for Canada’s climate goals

Canada’s four main fossil fuel-producing provinces shelled out $4 billion in subsidies for the industry from April 2020 to the end of last year, a new report reveals.

By Natasha Bulowski | News, Energy, Politics, Ottawa Insider | February 15th 2022

Ontario Premier Doug Ford attends a news conference at the Ontario Legislature, in Toronto, on Monday, February 14, 2022. Photo by: The Canadian Press/Chris Young

Ontario speeds up end to vaccine passports, but masks will stay on longer

Saskatchewan residents also started the day with relaxed measures as the province lifted its proof of vaccine or a negative test requirement to enter most businesses as of midnight.

By Melissa Couto Zuber | News | February 14th 2022

An ambulance is parked at the emergency department at the Lakeridge Health hospital in Bowmanville, Ont. on Wednesday January 12, 2022. Photo by: The Canadian Press/Doug Ives

Protesting truckers score a win as Alberta and Sask prepare to end COVID health restrictions

Premier Jason Kenney says his government will announce next week a date to end Alberta's COVID-19 vaccine passport, as well as a phased approach to ending almost all COVID-19 health restrictions by the end of the month, provided the pressure on hospitals continues to decline.

By The Canadian Press | News | February 4th 2022