Natasha Bulowski

Reporter Ottawa English

About Natasha Bulowski

Natasha Bulowski covers federal policy for Vancouver and B.C. thanks to a grant from the Local Journalism Initiative and the Government of Canada. She is an Ottawa-based freelance journalist, completing her bachelor of journalism with a minor in human rights at Carleton University.

55 Articles

A helicopter drops a bucket of water on the Chuckegg Creek wildfire west of High Level, Alta on May 25, 2019. Photo by Chris Schwarz/Government of Alberta / Flickr

Three steps Canada can take to reduce health impacts of climate change

The health impacts of climate change are rising globally, according to a new study, but a Canada-specific policy brief lays out three key areas that could be game-changers when it comes to the way climate change affects human health in the country.

Enviro groups ask feds to adopt environmental racism bill

More than 20 environmental organizations are calling on the government to reintroduce and prioritize a bill that would address environmental racism in Canada when Parliament reconvenes on Nov. 22.

Tailings ponds in northern Alberta. File photo by Andrew S. Wright

Enviro groups want feds to step in after report reveals Alberta’s tailings ponds are growing

Environmental groups are calling on the federal government to step in after oilsands tailing ponds grew by 90 million cubic metres in 2020 despite a drop in oil production, according to a report released last week by the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER).

A new mural in downtown Oshawa depicts the city’s vision of a just transition and was created by Bruno Smokey of Clandestinos Art. Photo provided by Green Jobs Oshawa.

Grassroots groups call on Parliament to create just transition act in first 100 days

This week, grassroots organizations across the country are mobilizing to demand community-led just transition legislation within the first 100 days of Parliament as part of a “Climate Code Red” week of action.

After the Pandora Papers exposed the offshore holdings of 35 current and former country leaders, MPs and Canadians for Tax Fairness want Canada to take action. KMR Photography / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Pandora Papers’ bombshells have MPs calling for action

MPs and the non-profit Canadians for Tax Fairness are calling for the Canadian government to take action after the Pandora Papers investigation found hundreds of world leaders and public officials have used offshore tax havens to hide enormous fortunes.

Natasha Bulowski

Three steps Canada can take to reduce health impacts of climate change

Enviro groups ask feds to adopt environmental racism bill

Enviro groups want feds to step in after report reveals Alberta’s tailings ponds are growing

Grassroots groups call on Parliament to create just transition act in first 100 days

Pandora Papers’ bombshells have MPs calling for action

Enviro debate organizers holding MPs to their promises

‘We can’t truly have reconciliation until we have that truth’

In Ottawa, first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation honours survivors, those who never came home

Lorelei Williams says Canadians must believe the dark truth of genocide

Gladys Radek urges Canadians to end ‘vicious cycle of racism’