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10/07/25
Author: 
Erick Villagomez
Bigger and even bigger: Approved transformation of a Commercial Drive hub adds storeys to this 2024 version, and goes far beyond a 2015 citizens’ plan. Artist rendering via Crombie REIT/Westbank Corp.

July 10, 2025

Loosened restraints mean owning and flipping land, not building on it, is the real financial game.

10/07/25
Author: 
Karyn Pugliese
Cartoon by Greg Perry.

July 10, 2025

The PM’s spurning of the NDP could generate energy for angered progressive movements.

10/07/25
Author: 
Fred DeLorey
Why the NDP may be in even bigger trouble than we think

July 9, 2025

Why the NDP may be in even bigger trouble than we think

Behind the party’s collapse lies a financial and legal time bomb

Most people think the New Democratic Party’s 2025 election disaster ended on election night. It didn’t. The real fallout is still coming, and it could cripple the party for good.

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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).

27/06/25
Author: 
Lauren Vanderdeen
Premier David Eby says he would consider a pipeline to B.C.'s north coast if it didn't rely on public subsidies. (Ben Nelms/CBC)

June 22, 2025

Eby says his position is more nuanced than a hard no, but opposes public funding for project

As Alberta Premier Danielle Smith pushes for a crude oil pipeline to British Columbia's north coast, B.C. Premier David Eby says he's not simply saying no.

Instead, Eby said he's against the public funding of such a pipeline.

26/06/25
Author: 
Christopher Holcroft
Dropping of the guard? Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and US President Donald Trump at the G7 summit. Photo by Mark Schiefelbein, the Associated Press.

June 20, 2025

For Carney, It’s Elbows Down

Elected on a promise to fight for Canada, our new prime minister has drawn closer to the US.

26/06/25
Author: 
Ian Urquhart
The actual number of tonnes of GHGs sent into the atmosphere by the oilsands keeps going up. Photo of Alberta’s oilsands by Kris Krug, Creative Commons licensed.

June 26, 2025

How Alberta Fudges Its Climbing Oilsands Emissions

The province crows about a drop in ‘intensity’ while rising GHGs fuel the climate crisis.

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