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08/07/25
Author: 
Kristen de Jager
An environmental group is asking Ottawa to continue to support an international moratorium on commercial seabed mining in areas beyond national jurisdiction. Illustration via WWF.

July 7, 2025

Protesters rallied against a Canadian company that aims to lead in deep-sea minerals extraction.

08/07/25
Author: 
Christopher Holcroft
Why should Canadians pay for more F-35 fighters like this one made by a United States menacing our economy? Photo via Lockheed Martin.

July 8, 2025

The PM vows military spending will zoom. He’s failed to show the need or how we can afford it.

04/07/25
Author: 
TeleSur, Orinoco Tribune
Cuban flag

July 3, 2025

US President Donald Trump signed a memorandum reinforcing the US blockade on Cuba and banning all US tourism to the island. The move targets Cuba’s economy and aims to isolate the Cuban government.

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29/06/25
Author: 
Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, Edited by Chris McDermott
Activists from Rise and Resist, Truth Tuesdays and Extinction Rebellion gathered in the public space in front of Fox Headquarters in Manhattan to protest the network's ongoing propagation of dangerous climate lies, as part of Earth Week on April 19, 2022. Erik McGregor / LightRocket via Getty Images

June 23, 2025

Unchecked climate misinformation has been turning crisis into catastrophe, according to a new report from the International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE).

25/06/25
Author: 
Ana Vracar, People's Dispatch.
Members of USB march against militarism and for Palestine. USB / X.

Jun. 22, 2025

Workers in Italy are going on general strike to oppose armament and war.

As European leaders prepare to pledge record military spending at NATO summit.

22/06/25
Author: 
André Turcotte
Temporary foreign workers from Mexico plant strawberries on a farm in Mirabel, Que., Wednesday, May 6, 2020. Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press.

DeepDives is a bi-weekly essay series exploring key issues related to the economy. The goal of the series is to provide Hub readers with original analysis of the economic trends and ideas that are shaping this high-stakes moment for Canadian productivity, prosperity, and economic well-being. The series features the writing of leading academics, area experts, and policy practitioners. The DeepDives series is made possible thanks to the ongoing support of the Centre for Civic Engagement.

13/06/25
Author: 
Arno Kopecky
David Huntley on his home patio overlooking Burrard Inlet, where Aframax tankers pass by almost every day to load up on bitumen from the Trans Mountain pipeline's terminus at Westridge Marine Terminal, just out of sight below the treeline. Photo by Arno Kopecky/Canada's National Observer

Jun. 10, 2025

Every morning, David Huntley checks on the oil tanker traffic outside his home. He can see them cruise up Burrard Inlet from his living room window a few hundred metres above Westridge Marine Terminal, where the Trans Mountain pipeline ends. When I popped by for a visit on June 3, an Aframax called the Tyrrhenian Sea had just docked and was partly visible through a thicket of trees. Last time Huntley saw it here was April 20; since then, it has been to China and back. 

13/06/25
Author: 
Socialist Project
End Gaza Genocide

June 13, 2025

We write as a concerned group of 412 Canadians, including academics, lawyers, former and retired ambassadors (including to the United Nations), ministers and public servants, UN human rights experts, and civil society, labour and faith leaders, all deeply concerned with the catastrophic human rights and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, now into its twentieth month.

10/06/25
Author: 
Andrew Nikiforuk
The server mills that run AI need vast amounts of energy and water. You can expect higher monthly utility bills. Photo via Shutterstock.

Jun. 10, 2025

The energy appetite of data centres is boundless and ruinous. But Alberta and BC are eager to cater.

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