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And now, for today’s top stories:
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Dene Moore
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News, Politics, Culture
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November 17th 2020
Naomi and Seth Klein are probably Canada’s most famous sibling activists, but you could say they are just following in the family business.
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More in today's news
It was former prime minister Pierre Trudeau who once described sharing a border with America as akin to sleeping with an elephant. “No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast,” he said, “one is affected by every twitch and grunt.”
Merran Smith, Sarah Petrevan
Opinion
| November 17th 2020
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The travel industry was sideswiped by COVID-19, and one young Toronto-based sustainability expert sees that as an opportunity to make it greener. But airline emission cuts will have to be part of the rebuild, environmentalists say.
Morgan Sharp
News, Next Gen Insider
| November 17th 2020
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About 30 per cent of Canadians have bought groceries online in the past six months, and online food sales have surged since the pandemic started, according to a new study by researchers at Dalhousie University.
Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
News, Food Insider
| November 17th 2020
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Dianne Saxe was the Ontario environmental commissioner from 2015 until 2019, when the Ford government eliminated her position. On Friday, Canada's National Observer reported that Saxe would run for the Greens in 2022.
Emma McIntosh
News, Politics
| November 16th 2020
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The call to action, known as Joyce’s Principle, aims to ensure that Indigenous people have equal access to "the highest standard" of government-run health services. First Nations have for years complained about discrimination in hospitals and other institutions.
Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
News
| November 16th 2020
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has highlighted the work of journalists working under pressure in Hong Kong and Belarus at an international conference on media freedom.
Mike Blanchfield
News, Politics
| November 16th 2020
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Westcoast Energy has been fined for failing to prevent a fiery pipeline blast northeast of Prince George, B.C., two years ago that led to natural gas shortages in the province through the winter.
The Canadian Press
News
| November 15th 2020
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Meet Vanessa Corkal, a sustainable development researcher who's not afraid to ask the big questions.
Patricia Lane
Opinion
| November 16th 2020
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From the archives
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David McKie
Analysis
| May 28th 2020
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