In-Depth

Farmers are at the centre of Canada’s latest carbon pricing debate

Manitoba’s farmers say carbon fees on grain drying and barn heating are cutting into their bottom line and getting in the way of efficiency upgrades, but environmental experts are warning against another hole in Canada’s flagship climate policy

By Julia-Simone Rutgers

Dec. 8, 2023 14 min. read

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Canada’s plans to crack down on greenwashing don’t go far enough, advocates say

By Carl Meyer

Dec. 7, 2023 6 min. read

A new report calls out the oil and gas industry’s misleading marketing tactics, from ‘cherry-picking...

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Shrinking wildlife habitats — and a note on press freedom

By Karan Saxena

Dec. 7, 2023

In our latest newsletter, we bring you two on-the-ground stories on disappearing old-growth trees and...

Analysis

Doug Ford says he’s ‘for the people’ — a watchdog says his government shuts them out of decision-making

By Fatima Syed

Dec. 7, 2023 6 min. read

This summer, Ontario Energy Minister Todd Smith went to Windsor, Ont., stood in front of...

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Canada thinks LNG exports can reduce carbon pollution. Now it’s digging for proof

By Carl Meyer

Dec. 6, 2023 12 min. read

Documents show Natural Resources Canada is on the hunt for emissions data that could bolster...

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On the ground

We followed an old-growth detective into the forest to fact-check B.C.’s suspicious claims about the age of trees

By Sarah Cox

Dec. 4, 2023 19 min. read

When conservationist Eddie Petryshen learned BC Timber Sales was auctioning off cutblocks in a globally...

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On the ground

As the world’s ‘polar bear capital’ waits for ice, bears are increasingly drawn into the streets

By Trina Moyles

Dec. 5, 2023 19 min. read

Climate change and El Niño conditions have a unique consequence for northern communities: polar bears...

In-Depth

The $500,000 fight to protect a Muskoka wetland

By Emma McIntosh

Nov. 29, 2023 11 min. read

Very few of Ontario’s quickly vanishing marshes and swamps are safe from development. A group...

Analysis

100 years of the Williams Treaties in Ontario: Anishinaabeg perspectives

By Jackson Pind and Jack Hoggarth

Dec. 1, 2023 5 min. read

Agreements between First Nations and Canada in southeastern Ontario are considered 'among the worst' treaties...

Newsletter

Whitebarks and Clark’s and a curious bear

By Arik Ligeti

Nov. 30, 2023

In our latest newsletter, we celebrate the newest additions to our pod. Plus, reporter Matt...

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