Luke Ottenhof

About Luke Ottenhof

Luke Ottenhof is a freelance reporter based in Toronto and Kingston, Ontario. His stories have appeared in The Guardian, Columbia Journalism Review, The Toronto Star, CBC, Pitchfork and The Globe and Mail.

38 Articles

Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland appears as a witness at a House of Commons finance committee in Ottawa, on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. Photo by: The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Chilling Canadian conspiracy theories explained

Chrystia Freeland is one of dozens of politicians across Canada who have faced threats of political violence and terrorism over the past year, and while the convoy might be gone, the threats — and conspiracies behind them — are still here.

Analysis | December 5th 2022

CUPE Ontario members and supporters wave signs and flags as they demonstrate outside of the Queen's Park Legislative Building in Toronto, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

After Ontario’s labour resurgence, is it time for a general strike for climate?

Under threat of a general strike, the Ontario government walked back a controversial law last week. What else could a general strike accomplish?

News, Politics | November 14th 2022

Out of the West Coast wildfire smoke, David Suzuki emerges blazing mad

At one point, federal Tourism Minister Randy Boissonnault gestured toward the North Shore Mountains across the water, shrouded in wildfire smoke, and remarked, “If a picture’s worth a thousand words, the view today’s a million.”

News | October 20th 2022

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre rises during Question Period, Wednesday, October 5, 2022 in Ottawa. Photo by:The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

This misogynist group was tagged in Poilievre's videos. Who is #mgtow?

Men Going Their Own Way is a male supremacist movement similar to the more commonly known incel, or involuntarily celibate, movement.

News | October 7th 2022

Conservation meets true crime in ‘The Salmon People’

Coming Tuesday, Aug. 9 on iTunes: The Salmon People builds on the success of CNO’s 2021 debut podcast series, Race Against Climate Change, which earned a nomination for Best Climate Solutions Reporting from the Canadian Journalism Foundation. This new collaborative podcast cements CNO’s commitment to telling impactful and creative stories about the climate.

News, Climate Solutions Reporting | August 5th 2022

Ontario NDP's Andrea Horwath struggles to hold the line

Andrea Horwath is now in her 13th year as Ontario NDP leader, but 2018’s orange wave seems to be receding, and fast.

News, Politics | May 24th 2022

Steven Del Duca’s brutal climb to power

As Ontario Liberals geared up for a provincial election, they were faced with a unique problem — too few people had heard of their leader.

News | May 16th 2022

Race Against Climate Change podcast shortlisted for top climate solutions reporting award

News, Climate Solutions Reporting

'I did some digging you may be interested in'

That was the direct message I received on Twitter at 3:21 a.m. on Feb. 14. It was a few hours after hackers had released a load of data from the GiveSendGo fundraising campaign for the convoy protests in Ottawa. The anonymous Twitter user linked me to a thread they’d been compiling of the largest donations made by Canadians. The claims were shocking: an Ontario business mogul pitched in $25,000.

Opinion | April 11th 2022

We can build biodiversity by rewilding islands. Here's how: VIDEO

“It’s about the conservation of threatened species and recovery of threatened ecosystems,” said Gregg Howald, CEO of FreshWater Life, an NGO that works on freshwater preservation. “Islands support a disproportionate amount of our global biodiversity. About 20 per cent [of global biodiversity] are found on these islands, and they represent just about five per cent of the Earth’s surface.”

Interviews with Linda Solomon Wood

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