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Stubborn fossil fuel financing and severely out-of-step renewable investments mean Canadian banks are undermining climate progress.

In Episode 5 of The Road, Isaac Phan Nay examines how some First Nations are fighting Ring of Fire development.

Sunshine Tenasco, an entrepreneur from Kitigan Zibi, founded a pitch competition to bring funding and visibility to Indigenous entrepreneurs.

Ottawa’s new webpage, Equi’Vision, shows Indigenous workers’ mean hourly wage is about nine per cent less than non-Indigenous workers' hourly earnings.

In Episode 4 of The Road, Isaac Phan Nay explores how Ontario’s consultation of First Nations clashes with international law on the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

According to new analyses Thursday, the Parliamentary Budget Office estimates the federal government will provide over $11 billion to companies investing in carbon capture and hydrogen technologies over the coming years, representing at least $1 billion more than previously expected.

Kyle Brennan Shàwinipinesì is the senior lead of Build Native with Shopify — the e-commerce platform’s campaign to connect Indigenous entrepreneurs with online stores.

The peatlands in the Ring of Fire mining region alone store about two billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gases.

In Episode 2 of The Road, Isaac Phan Nay examines the history — and myths — that surround the Ring of Fire mining region in northern Ontario. 

The ADAAWE Indigenous Business Hub in Ottawa offers Indigenous people a space to co-work and grow their businesses.

Canadian financial institutions have financed metallurgical coal, the kind used to make steel, to the tune of $20 billion even as greener alternatives are proven possible. With clean steel set to boom, those investments are at risk.

Despite pledging to play their role cutting planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, Canadian banks have continued pumping billions into the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project designed to help Canadian oil companies grow. Even as Ottawa says the public won't be on the hook, experts say that's precisely what will happen.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government pledged to overturn a decision from the Ontario Energy Board on the basis it would make the costs of new homes too expensive. But is that really true?

Enbridge is officially under investigation by the Competition Bureau for allegedly misleading customers about the affordability and potential of natural gas in the energy transition.