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Canadian youth ask courts to hold governments accountable for meaningful climate action

A landmark trial in Canada is part of a growing global wave of climate litigation testing whether governments can be held ...
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‘A ton of Indigenous concern’ over Port of Churchill expansion plans

A group of students, residents and environmental advocates gathered in Winnipeg on Friday afternoon to discuss Indigenous ...
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How flooding made its way into the Ottawa election

Flooding over the Canada Day weekend has stuck around in the mind of Ottawans, with mayoral candidates offering plans to ...
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B.C.’s Conservative party just won a majority. Here’s what it means for the environment

Lorne Doerkson’s BC Conservatives have won the 2026 B.C. election. Here’s what that means for LNG, old-growth forests and more ...
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Your B.C. election guide to key climate and environment issues

Here’s where the BC NDP, Conservatives and Greens stand on fossil fuels, Indigenous Rights and energy heading into the B.C.
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Hamilton steel-maker delays toxic cleanup, again — this time, the reason is U.S. tariffs

Citing economic pressure from President Donald Trump’s trade war, ArcellorMittal Dofasco has stalled cleaning up its Hamilton ...
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‘Gratifying and humbling’: First Nation leads ghost net cleanup from Interior B.C. rivers

Discarded fishing gear can trap and kill fish. Lytton First Nation has been removing it from Fraser and Thompson rivers since ...
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Uncertainty, elections and wild geese

It’s election season, pretty much everywhere across Canada. Amid the chaos, the imperilled natural world keeps going ...
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Toronto’s mayoral race has more than two candidates — why haven’t we heard from them?

This article was produced in collaboration with the Toronto Star. Every election, I consider whether I’m voting for a candidate — or against one. My dream is to hopefully fill in the bubble beside the ...
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GTA cities are missing climate targets. Could the election change things?

Rajpreet Sahota has been reporting on provincial environmental policy in Ontario with a focus on how it impacts racialized communities. She is based in Toronto. In 2019, municipalities across Ontario ...