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30/09/26
Author: 
Ben Parfitt
BC’s growing natural gas industry is fuelling LNG projects and resulting in pipeline growth. But are taxpayers getting enough for the publicly owned non-renewable resource? Photo via Coastal GasLink.

Sept. 30, 2026

Tax credits let companies pay little for resources. What do the parties say?

In 2019, Shell Canada, a subsidiary of one of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies, paid the British Columbia government not one dollar in royalty payments despite producing 175 billion cubic feet of natural gas.

29/09/26
Author: 
Emiko Newman, Tracey Saxby and Isabel Siu-Zmuidzinas
The state of climate action in BC remains grim. Stronger environmental policies have not materialized in five years, and in many ways, the government has been backtracking on its progress, write the authors. Photo for The Tyee by Steve Burgess.

Sept. 29, 2026

After pressing the province for five years, we’re still coming up short.

As we bid goodbye to summer and welcome fall, many of us breathe a sigh of relief that another “wildfire season” is winding down. Our skies are clear of smoke again. The days may be shortening, but our hearts feel lighter.

29/09/26
Author: 
Andrew Kurjata
A flare fires off from the LNG Canada plant in Kitimat, B.C., on April 11, 2025, where a Phase 2 expansion has been approved. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press, Chris Corday/CBC)

Sept. 29, 2026

Expansion of LNG Canada project would double exports from Kitimat, B.C., to overseas markets

LNG Canada says its multibillion-dollar Phase 2 expansion in Kitimat, B.C., is going forward, in a move that could double exports of liquefied natural gas from the northern coastal facility to overseas markets.

In a statement Tuesday, LNG Canada CEO Chris Cooper said the project will create thousands of jobs and further strengthen Canada's role as a trusted energy partner.

29/09/26
Author: 
Andrew Kurjata
A flare fires off from the LNG Canada plant in Kitimat, B.C., on April 11, 2025, where a Phase 2 expansion has been approved. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press, Chris Corday/CBC)

Sept. 29, 2026

Expansion of LNG Canada project would double exports from Kitimat, B.C., to overseas markets

LNG Canada says its multibillion-dollar Phase 2 expansion in Kitimat, B.C., is going forward, in a move that could double exports of liquefied natural gas from the northern coastal facility to overseas markets.

In a statement Tuesday, LNG Canada CEO Chris Cooper said the project will create thousands of jobs and further strengthen Canada's role as a trusted energy partner.

16/09/26
Author: 
Anupriya Datta, Nicoletta Ionta, Eddy Wax
Saab JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets. [Thomas Imo/Photothek for the German Federal Foreign Office via Getty Images]

Sept. 15, 2026

The potential rival to NATO will come with a call for an ‘Alliance for the future’ with Canada, according to a draft

STRASBOURG – Ursula von der Leyen will propose a radical change to Europe’s security architecture and the NATO Western alliance when she takes the floor in the European Parliament on Wednesday.

12/09/26
Author: 
Ryan Durante
The Elbe River in Magdeburg, Germany, on Aug. 8, 2026. The river, which flows through the Czech Republic and Germany, saw record-low water levels amid intense droughts and heatwaves across Europe. (Roy Zuo/Wikimedia Commons), CC BY-SA

Aug. 23, 2026

Data centres and democratic decline could lead to more water conflict in the future

Transboundary waters — rivers, lakes and aquifers residing in more than one country — are facing challenges due to climate change, with conflicts over these waters increasing.

09/09/26
Author: 
Ikay Romay
Cuba map
July 29, 2026
OPEN LETTER TO THE WORLD: FROM CUBA, A WOMAN ON FOOT DENOUNCES THE CRIME THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE
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