Fatima Syed
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News, Politics
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June 24th 2019
Sidewalk Labs, the Google-connected company proposing the "largest, densest climate-positive district in North America" along Toronto's lakeshore, has an uncharacteristically low-tech secret weapon: wood.
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Inger Andersen, executive director of the UN Environment Programme, writes on plastic's key role in the global waste crisis and the role industry in the Great Lakes region can play in turning it around.
Inger Andersen
Opinion
| June 25th 2019
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After two record-setting wildfire seasons, some residents of B.C. and Alberta have decided that the twin threats of flames and smoke are too much to live with.
Timothy E. Wilson
News
| June 24th 2019
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"It's just really good to be here and to be brown today. I love it," said artist Rosemary Georgeson.
Stephanie Wood
News, Culture
| June 24th 2019
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The key to our elections is not the relatively small number of voters tied to a single party but the much larger number of 'butterfly voters,' who are open to as many as three parties.
Bruce Anderson
Opinion, Politics
| June 24th 2019
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Qualified black Canadians are being passed over for promotions to senior positions in the federal government due to systemic racial barriers, says Independent MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes.
Teresa Wright
News, Politics
| June 25th 2019
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Alberta's earplug debate got louder on Monday, June 24, 2019, as the Opposition NDP accused Premier Jason Kenney of lying and sought to have Government House Leader Jason Nixon found in contempt of the legislature.
Dean Bennett
News, Politics
| June 25th 2019
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From our archive: National Observer spoke to several scientists about their experiences with environmental assessments on major industrial projects that got approved after their proponents submitted dubious evidence in their applications. The consultants all experienced similar pressure to overlook evidence.
Holly Lake
Investigations, Energy, Politics
| June 21st 2019
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On June 12, Barrie city council voted unanimously to reprimand Coun. Keenan Aylwin for calling out two Tory MPs for "playing footsies" with white supremacy. The reprimand was the first the council had delivered to one of its own, and in delivering it Barrie, Ontario, has become a microcosmic study in how difficult it can be for governments to effectively tackle the increasingly troubling issue.
Fatima Syed
News, Politics
| June 21st 2019
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In one breath, the leader of the People's Party of Canada said "there is no climate change urgency in this country," promised to deliver "politics based on fact" and assured observers his party would deliver "a concrete environment plan."
Fatima Syed
News, Politics
| June 21st 2019
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Motorists in Banff National Park are being urged to heed speed limits and report wildlife sightings after the second grizzly bear in three weeks died from a vehicle strike.
Lauren Krugel
News, Politics
| June 25th 2019
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One rattlesnake got caught in freshly laid tar under someone's stairs. Others typically get twisted and trapped in garden netting. Ryan Heavy Head comes to the rescue of both the vipers and the terrified homeowners.
Bill Graveland
News, Politics
| June 24th 2019
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