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28/11/25
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Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs - UBCIC
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November 27, 2025

UBCIC Strongly Rejects Canada–Alberta Pipeline MOU that Ignores First Nations Rights and Threatens Environment

28/11/25
Author: 
Michael Harris i
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, announces $3 billion in funding for a new kind of nuclear reactor with Ontario Premier Doug Ford in Ontario on Oct. 23. Photo by Laura Proctor, the Canadian Press.

Nov. 28, 2025

A venerable anti-nuclear war group says Carney’s SMR funding could fuel a new arms race.

With the planet running a carbon-induced fever and desperate to replace fossil fuels, Canada is one of the countries turning to nuclear energy.

Not everyone is pleased. That includes a 45-year-old organization known as the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.

26/11/25
Author: 
John Woodside
Art by Ata Ojani/Canada's National Observer

Nov. 26, 2025

A forthcoming deal between the federal government and Alberta for a new oil pipeline, reportedly set to be announced Thursday, promises to ignite a political firestorm.

25/11/25
Author: 
Marc Lee
‘Look West’ is mostly about doubling down as a petro-state through LNG and mining export projects in northern BC, writes Marc Lee. The photo shows an LNG tanker docked in Kitimat. Photo via LNG Canada.

Nov. 25, 2025

Premier David Eby is calling “Look West,” the British Columbia government’s new economic strategy, a plan to attract $20 billion in investment from the federal government and private sector.

24/11/25
Author: 
Cloe Logan
Thadia Theodore and Maranatha Hughes spreading straw over the flower farm on the rooftop of Toronto Metropolitan University to get the crops ready for winter. Photo by Cloe Logan / Canada's National Observer

Nov. 24, 2025

Amid the hustle and bustle of downtown Toronto, Thadia Theodore is laying straw over dormant flower beds to prepare them for winter. Tall, glassy buildings surround her on the rooftop farm of her university; construction noise rings out, but she describes it as “peaceful.”

23/11/25
Author: 
Barry Saxifrage

Nov. 21, 2025

"COPs" vs CO2

The primary force overheating our planet, destabilizing our climate, and acidifying our oceans is the ever-thickening blanket of fossil fuel CO2 piling up in our atmosphere. 

21/11/25
Author: 
Vinnie Collins
DSA protest, New York City.

Nov. 21, 2025

Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory in New York’s Democratic Party primary for mayor in June 2025 and victory in the general election on November 4th has provided a dose of hope to a Left seeking a path forward amid a dire political landscape. His campaign succeeded by offering real solutions to working-class concerns – including on climate policy and its connection to New Yorkers’ material conditions.

21/11/25
Author: 
Gabriela Calugay-Casuga
Part of the Keystone fossil fuel pipeline system. Credit: shannonpatrick17 / Flickr

Nov. 20, 2025

Earlier this year, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board dropped its net-zero greenhouse gas emission commitment.

The board managing Canada’s largest pension fund has committed an estimated $7.1 billion to new oil, gas, coal and pipeline assets in the last year despite facing litigation for allegedly mismanaging climate related financial risks in its investment portfolio. 

21/11/25
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By Matt Simmons (Local Journalism Initiative Reporter) Photography by Marty Clemens
As the federal government signals support for LNG exports, residents of Kitimat, B.C., live alongside Canada’s first major liquefaction facility.

Nov. 14, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney signalled his support for LNG exports in Terrace, B.C., this week, as nearby Kitimat residents learn to live beside a towering flame

Under heavy rain, an electronic sign by the side of the road in a small northwestern B.C. town warns passersby, “Flare height will vary.” It flashes to the next message: “Between 15 meters [sic] and 90.”

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