Darius Snieckus
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Analysis, Business
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October 8th 2024
Lumber was once the most commonly used building material before concrete and steel took over in the 20th century. Now reborn as mass timber, wood may be on the cusp of a comeback as the building sector steps up its green transition.
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In 2022, just 18 Bay Street firms pumped $1.4 trillion into coal, oil and gas exacerbating the climate crisis. In fact, if Bay Street were a country it would be the fifth largest polluter in the world, according to new findings from the University of Toronto.
John Woodside
News, Business
| October 8th 2024
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Canada’s National Observer is launching a new podcast this week. Mortal Giants is a deep dive into the fragility of power in the 21st century — a balance so precarious it’s now hinging on technology measured in nanometres.
Sandra Bartlett
Investigations, Politics
| October 8th 2024
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The fall of coal in the very birthplace of the Industrial Revolution is like a bell tolling in the distance.
It’s the sound of hope.
Sandy Garossino
Opinion
| October 8th 2024
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China is eating our lunch. We can debate about unfair competition or not, but they're running full speed toward the future while we're stuck in the past.
Ross Belot
Opinion
| October 8th 2024
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Plant-based products have to be able to compete on a level playing field, which means they must be allowed to use names commonly associated with their animal-based counterparts.
Riana Topan
Opinion
| October 8th 2024
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Forests around world being changed from carbon sinks into carbon sources, making it harder to slow global heating
Jonathan Watts
News
| October 7th 2024
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The U.N. weather agency is reporting that 2023 was the driest year in more than three decades for the world's rivers, as the record-hot year underpinned a drying up of water flows and contributed to prolonged droughts in some places.
Associated Press
News
| October 7th 2024
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As millions in federal funding flow into a Labrador group whose claims of Inuit identity have been rejected by Indigenous organizations across Canada, a national Inuit leader worries the Liberal government is putting the rights of Indigenous Peoples at risk.
Alessia Passafiume, Sarah Smellie
News, Politics
| October 7th 2024
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From the archives
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Hamish Stewart
Opinion
| April 19th 2016
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