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For 19 years, Nunavut has been working on the largest land use plan in the world. Industry is moving faster

By Chloe Williams

Aug. 14, 2025 15 min. read

A mineral rush in the North risks eroding years of consultation on the Nunavut Land...

A comic-book style illustration of a family having a picnic, with one spouse wearing military fatigues and a child playing with a toy airplane. The ground underneath them has various symbols and molecule diagrams to show that it is contaminated.

National Defence plans to solve its housing crunch by developing contaminated sites

By Leah Borts-Kuperman (Local Journalism Initiative Reporter)

July 31, 2025 16 min. read

As Canada pledges to increase military might, National Defence says it can clean up and...

An aerial view of oil and gas infrastructure in Fort McMurray, Alta.

What we know about fossil fuel subsidies in Canada

By Drew Anderson

July 30, 2025 9 min. read

Billions are given to oil and gas corporations each year, including loans, tax breaks and...

Two men wearing feathered head dressed sit along a table, in front of microphones. Several Canadian flags are on display behind.

Nation-building without First Nations?

By Denise Balkissoon

July 25, 2025

Exclamations that sounded like “WHAT?” and “WTF!?” followed Mark Carney’s announcement of federal fast-tracking of...

A group of First Nations chiefs in a large conference room

I was at the First Nations C-5 summit. Carney isn’t listening

July 24, 2025 10 min. read

B.C. First Nations are key to major federal projects — but our voices were sidelined

Man in traditional garb poses in front of a wall.

‘You want my consent? You improve my people’s health,’ First Nations chief near oilsands tells Carney

July 23, 2025 9 min. read

Chiefs call federal summit with First Nations for fast-tracking law ‘disrespectful,’ hastily planned

An aerial shot, looking down the length of a pipeline construction site, with pipes on the ground, cleared earth and mountains in the background.

‘Build, baby, build’: a guide to Canada’s Bill C-5

By Drew Anderson

June 27, 2025(Updated July 31, 2025) 10 min. read

The feds are rushing to fast-track major projects, from pipelines and mines to housing and...

Prime Minister Mark Carney stands at a lectern. He is wearing a dark blue suit with a dark blue checked tie and light blue collared shirt. His hands are clasped on top of the lectern. Members of his cabinet stand behind him, out of focus

Make Canada Build Again? Canadian politicians are suddenly in a rush to get shovels in the ground

By Shannon Waters

June 25, 2025 11 min. read

Prime Minister Mark Carney is the latest Canadian politician to push fast-tracking legislation. Why is...

A group of five people, students and visitors, explore a rocky beach on an island in Torgngat Mountains National Park

Canada just made national parks free this summer — can we love nature without hurting it?

By Ainslie Cruickshank

June 16, 2025 5 min. read

Conservationists are in favour of the move — which could increase public support for protections...

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