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Michael Huenefeld
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Opinion
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December 18th 2023
For traditional and moderate conservatives, the merger of Stephen Harper's Canadian Alliance and Peter MacKay's federal PC party to form the Conservative Party of Canada has been a tragedy.
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The ocean, the planet’s greatest ally in the fight against global warming, barely raised a ripple in the UN climate deal crafted in Dubai last week, but the tide is turning, say experts.
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News, Island Insider
| December 18th 2023
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A bill that would exempt fuels used for heating livestock barns, greenhouses and drying grain from the carbon pricing regime has been amended to only apply to grain drying. The proposed exemption will now end after three years instead of eight.
Natasha Bulowski
News, Politics, Ottawa Insider
| December 18th 2023
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Inuit rights and knowledge remain at the forefront of a new management plan for Canada’s most northern national park, tabled last week in Ottawa.
Matteo Cimellaro
News, Urban Indigenous Communities in Ottawa
| December 18th 2023
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Federal support for Indigenous hunters and fishers tackling food insecurity in northern communities is poised to fall by 80 per cent. The decision comes as the government continues to pour millions into a subsidy program researchers say is lining grocers' pockets without providing adequate food to those most in need.
Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
News
| December 18th 2023
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Yusra Shafi is a 22-year-old immigrant from Kuwait. With KAIROS Canada, she helps empower women to build climate-resilient communities in Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Israel/Palestine, and South Sudan.
Patricia Lane, Yusra Shafi
Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting
| December 18th 2023
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Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan said it is clear some kind of federal co-ordination agency is required after last summer's record-breaking wildfire season.
Mia Rabson
News
| December 15th 2023
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Cats may be adored human companions, but they are also highly effective killers, according to a study that shows they eat more than 2,000 species globally — including hundreds that are of conservation concern.
Phoebe Weston
News
| December 18th 2023
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