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05/11/25
Author: 
Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne budget makes it clear that fossil fuel production for export is a central pillar of this government’s economic strategy — and that it won’t let climate measures get in the way. Photo by: Natasha Bulowski / Canada's National Observer

Nov. 4, 2025

The federal government’s commitment to “maximise carbon value for money” and “protect the competitiveness of oil and gas” as part of today’s budget represents a dramatic abdication of environmental leadership and a troubling step backward for climate action in Canada.

The budget makes clear that fossil fuel production for export is a central pillar of this government’s economic strategy — and that it won’t let climate measures get in the way.

03/11/25
Author: 
Ben Parfitt
Dawson Creek’s proposed water pipeline would include an intake on the Peace River, across from the gas plant in Taylor, BC. Photo by The Tyee.

Nov. 2, 2025

As Dawson Creek considers transferring drinking water from the Peace River, BC could make energy companies fund the project.

The projected cost of a $100-million water pipeline stretching more than 50 kilometres from the Peace River to drought-stressed Dawson Creek is nearly five times greater than what the city received in property tax revenue last year.

03/11/25
Author: 
Christopher Holcroft
Welcome, brave new robots! Prime Minister Mark Carney ignores the dark side of Big Tech’s AI agenda. Photo by Adrian Wyld, the Canadian Press.

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government is ramping up its drive for artificial intelligence glory while deepening an alignment with Canada’s own “tech bros” movement.

02/11/25
Author: 
Chris Hatch
Hurricane Melissa

Nov. 2, 2025

Bill Gates picked one hell of a moment to release his call for a “strategic pivot” in tackling climate change. “Hell” being the most frequent description of sheltering through the terrifying fury of Hurricane Melissa as it cut across the Caribbean.

01/11/25
Author: 
David Falk
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told a Canadian conservative conference she met with the right-wing think tank behind Project 2025 shortly after the 2024 US election. Photo via Alberta government.

Oct. 16, 2025

The Alberta premier said she met with the right-wing think tank because of its influence on the president.

[Tyee Editor’s note: This story is being published in collaboration with DeSmog, a global leader in providing accurate, fact-based information regarding global warming misinformation campaigns.]

01/11/25
Author: 
 Lev Golinkin
CBC Blurs Out Fascist Link

Oct. 30, 2025  • 

Graham Platner’s problem is that he lives just a tad too far south. If the Democratic Senate candidate from Maine wanted to make all the hubbub about his Nazi tattoo go away, all he’d have to do is move to Canada.

The furor over Platner’s Totenkopf, or Death’s Head, tattoo stands in striking contrast to Canada, where both Nazi symbols and a shameful history of aiding Nazis is hushed over or, quite simply, blurred out.

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