Kelsey Litwin
Reporter | Montreal
About Kelsey Litwin
Kelsey Litwin is a Montreal-based freelance journalist. She has worked as a reporter at the Montreal Gazette and as a researcher on the award-winning Price of Oil collaborative series
Officials drop investigation into toxic gas that made Montreal teacher, students ill
More than a month after a hydrogen sulfide emission left one teacher and several children at an elementary school in Montreal’s east-end feeling ill, government agencies have ceased their investigations despite not having definitively identified the source of the toxic gas.
Hydro-Québec offers $40M to Maine for power project
Hydro-Québec has reportedly offered Maine nearly $40 million in financing for a proposed hydroelectricity project, including an electricity vehicle charging network.
Obscene gap between rich and poor, says Oxfam
Billionaires in Canada have increased their wealth by $20 billion over the last year, says a new Oxfam report on global inequality. Solutions? Increase public services and tax the rich more.
Energy, climate dominate Trudeau's meetings with premiers
Canada’s premiers and prime minister met under tense circumstances in Montreal Friday, and left a day of meetings without a shared agenda on energy or the environment.
Philanthropists pay for Montreal's CO2 reduction planning
The city of Montreal is getting a boost from philanthropists to forge an action plan for carbon neutrality by 2050.
Disappointment for PQ supporters as Lisée loses riding, steps down as leader
Parti Québécois supporters watched quietly from Montreal as Coalition Avenir Québec supporters celebrated a majority win in Quebec City, and their own party leader, Jean-François Lisée, lost his riding to a candidate from Québec solidaire.
François Legault to form next Quebec government
Quebec voters made history on Monday evening, electing the right-leaning Coalition Avenir Québec to form its first ever government. The CAQ defeated the ruling Liberals in the province's Oct. 1 general election.
They walked 500 kilometres for social housing
A group of housing rights activists from across Quebec walked 500 kilometres from Ottawa to Quebec City to push for concrete commitments to affordable housing from the federal and Quebec governments.
For the first time, scientists prove human activity is the top cause of warming Antarctic waters
Neil Swart never thought the data he collected in the Antarctic Ocean 13 years ago would lead to such a critical conclusion.
Green Party makes history winning Ontario seat
Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner won a seat in the Ontario election, making history as the first Green ever in the legislature.