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01/10/23
Author: 
Amanda Stephenson
In this photograph taken with a drone, workers lay pipe during construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on farmland, in Abbotsford, B.C. Photo by: The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Sept, 28, 2023

CALGARY — A B.C. First Nation is asking the Canada Energy Regulator to release its reasons as soon as possible for allowing a modification of the Trans Mountain pipeline's route.

In a letter to the regulator dated Wednesday, a lawyer representing the Stk’emlúpsemc te Secwépemc Nation (SSN) said the decision to grant the route deviation Monday without providing its reasons has left the First Nation without the ability to decide its next steps.

01/10/23
Author: 
Lital Khaikin, Canadian Dimension
photo: Members of the front commun march down Park Avenue, Montréal

Sept. 23, 2023

An Inter-Union Alliance Representing 420,000 Workers Is Mounting A Serious Challenge To The CAQ’s Austerity Program.

“I make $30 an hour and am barely scraping by,” said Audrey Perreault, a radiology technologist who marched in downtown Montréal last weekend during a massive demonstration of public sector workers.

01/10/23
Author: 
Andreína Chávez Alava, Venezuelanalysis
 photo: President Nicolás Maduro said the new program will be activated in the near future. AP.

Sept. 29, 2023

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01/10/23
Author: 
Vipal Monga
Flying over the Hudson Bay Lowlands to the Ring of Fire in Northern Ontario.

Sept. 28, 2023

$67 Billion of Rare Minerals Is Buried Under One of the World’s Biggest Carbon Sinks

A fight is brewing in Canada about how, or whether, to dig out materials essential for EV batteries that lie deep beneath vast peat bogs

The pace of the global transition to electric vehicles depends on the future of a remote region in Canada known as the Ring of Fire.

29/09/23
Author: 
Michael Wilson and Hurubie Meko
flooding in New York

Sept.29, 2023

28/09/23
Author: 
Ian Van Haren, Naheda Sahtout
tent city

Sept. 12, 2023

A national response involving all levels of government is needed to solve this pan-Canadian challenge.

Across Canada, municipalities are grappling with how to respond to a growing number of people living in encampments. It is tempting to blame mayors and municipal councils for the increased number of tent cities. However, poor data, insufficient resources and inadequate guidelines are the real cause of haphazard responses to the problem.

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28/09/23
Author: 
Liam Fox The Canadian Press
President of CLV Group Developments Oz Drewniak pictured outside The Slayte in Ottawa on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. The Slayte is an office to residential conversion project by CLV Group Developments. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick  skp

Sept. 27, 2023

Drilling into office-to-residential conversions

OTTAWA - The building used to feature endless cubicles, long hallways and fluorescent lighting.

Now, the same spaces house modern apartments featuring granite countertop islands, fully furnished bedrooms and living rooms with views looking out to the Gatineau Hills.

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