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Opinion

Water management in Canada has been fragmented — a Canada Water Agency could help

By Alexandre Lillo , Eric Champagne , Lauren Touchant , Marie-France Fortin and Thomas Burelli

May 11, 2021 5 min. read

An effectively planned Canada Water Agency would address the myriad environmental, legal and political issues...

Explainer

Biden has hit the ground running on climate and environmental justice. How will Canada respond?

By Ainslie Cruickshank

Feb. 16, 2021 13 min. read

Renewed U.S. focus on emissions reductions, alternative energy and environmental injustice offers a prime opportunity...

In-Depth

How the Kudz Ze Kayah mine is stoking tensions between Canada, Yukon and First Nations

By Julien Gignac (Local Journalism Initiative reporter)

Feb. 11, 2021 9 min. read

Ottawa has ordered Yukon to reassess the impacts of a proposed mine on caribou and...

Placer mines along the Indian River, near Sulphur Creek

Explainer

Panel recommends Yukon bring mining into the 21st century. Here’s what you need to know

By Julien Gignac (Local Journalism Initiative reporter)

Jan. 20, 2021 12 min. read

After years of public consultation and hearings, an independent panel says modernizing mineral development rules...

In-Depth

B.C. argues Nuchatlaht Nation ‘abandoned’ its territory. Lawyer reminds court ‘land was stolen’

By Judith Lavoie

Nov. 25, 2020 9 min. read

In the first-ever title case argued in B.C. since the province introduced UNDRIP legislation, Crown...

News

B.C. government gives okay to trap endangered fishers for fur as scientists warn of impending extinctions

By Sarah Cox

Nov. 20, 2020 10 min. read

Unlike six other provinces, B.C. has no endangered species legislation, which allows species at risk...

In-Depth

The man who took on the Irving Oil refinery and won

By Rob Csernyik

Oct. 17, 2020 11 min. read

When it comes to those yawn-worthy, overly technical, bureaucratic reviews of major projects like refineries...

Explainer

So there’s going to be a fall election in B.C.: has the NDP kept its environmental promises?

By Sarah Cox

Sept. 21, 2020 13 min. read

The NDP rose to power in 2017 vowing to take action on climate change, old-growth...

Investigation

Algoma Steel workers allege company had ‘full knowledge’ of exposure to lethal, cancer-causing chemicals

By Hilary Beaumont

Sept. 16, 2020 13 min. read

Employees and the union allege minimal enforcement by Ontario’s Ministry of Labour is to blame...

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Water management in Canada has been fragmented — a Canada Water Agency could help

Biden has hit the ground running on climate and environmental justice. How will Canada respond?

How the Kudz Ze Kayah mine is stoking tensions between Canada, Yukon and First Nations

Panel recommends Yukon bring mining into the 21st century. Here’s what you need to know

B.C. argues Nuchatlaht Nation ‘abandoned’ its territory. Lawyer reminds court ‘land was stolen’

B.C. government gives okay to trap endangered fishers for fur as scientists warn of impending extinctions

The man who took on the Irving Oil refinery and won

So there’s going to be a fall election in B.C.: has the NDP kept its environmental promises?

Algoma Steel workers allege company had ‘full knowledge’ of exposure to lethal, cancer-causing chemicals