High gas prices? Some Canadians are filling up for under 35 cents a ‘litre’
Columnist Barry Saxifrage breaks down how much it costs right now to power a car with gasoline versus electricity in cities across Canada.
Analysis
Lab-grown meat’s bloody little secret
These test-tube cells need food to flourish, and researchers found that fetal bovine serum provided the special sauce.
How B.C.’s forests became a carbon-spewing liability
British Columbia's valuable carbon sink is gone. Its forests are hemorrhaging CO2. And the wood harvested from the province is now adding fuel to our climate crisis.
The war profiteers
Connecting the dots for you on world events, Canadian politics, banking and climate change
Climate snapshot: Driving off the climate cliff in Alberta versus Norway
Same number of new cars. Five times more CO2 to drive them around.
Climate snapshot: Bay du Nord
The International Energy Agency has clearly stated that no new sources of fossil fuels can be developed if humanity wants to keep the climate crisis within the guardrails set in the global Paris Agreement. The oil industry in Canada, however, shows no sign it plans to do what's needed voluntarily.
Public opinion in flux over COVID rules and political unrest caused by protests and convoys
For the first time, the majority understood COVID not only through statistics and news stories, but the symptoms and challenges experienced first- or second-hand.
Was funding for Canada's vaccine protests linked to Putin's plans for Ukraine?
NBC News has reported that the protests, originally branded as a "trucker convoy" comprising drivers angry at being forced to get vaccinated against COVID-19, were being promoted by fake accounts connected to so-called "content mills" in Bangladesh, Romania, Vietnam and elsewhere.
The place that coal built and fire killed
Extractive industry laid the infrastructure for the suburban sprawl that fuelled Colorado’s destructive Marshall Fire.
In Ottawa there are umpteen cries for freedom, but it’s unclear to me what they mean
"Truckers for Freedom" convoy arrives in Ottawa to protest vaccination restrictions and a reporter observes.
Anything can be eco with a coat of greenwash
Young consumers can be naive and believe marketing campaigns instead of requesting legitimate data about the sustainability of products marketed as green.
Experts warn of violence as alarming demonstration ushers in new era of anti-vaccine fervour
The escalating nature of these threats is setting off alarm bells among those who study violent extremism, writes Caroline Orr.
Help, we're about to be hit by climate change!
An extinction event is coming, so do look up. Or is there a better story?