‘An invisible emergency’: how governments are preparing for extreme heat
As climate change drives up global temperatures, heat waves are becoming an expensive and deadly...
Stories by Julia-Simone Rutgers
Are EVs realistic in rural and remote communities?
Indigenous communities have long endured boil water advisories, fragile electricity and challenging access. Making electric...
As a devastating invasive species spreads, there’s new evidence of Canada’s westernmost infestation to date
Officials hope speedy intervention will contain the invasive mollusks in Manitoba's Clear Lake — and...
(Industry) Friendly Manitoba
On a Sunday in March, when the gas stations ran dry in Winnipeg, people had...
Falling behind: oversight ‘gaps’ for 5,000 km of pipeline in Canada’s little-known oilpatch
The shutdown of a major pipeline in Manitoba has the government reckoning with gaps in...
From farms to high rises, grants support Manitoba transition from fossil fuels
The federal and provincial governments announced millions in new funding geared at reducing carbon pollution....
Millions of litres spilled and not a single fine: 16 years in a little-known Canadian oilpatch
Manitoba’s environment minister says the ‘decimation’ of her department under the previous government led to...
The government didn’t formally inspect a crucial pipeline for years. Then came the safety concerns
Documents show that though inspectors visited Winnipeg’s main fuel line a handful of times, there...
Manitoba is on the Canadian frontlines of an invasive species battle. Can it hold the line?
From canine units to fines, Western Canada is trying to curb the spread of zebra...
