Natasha Bulowski
Journalist | Ottawa |
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About Natasha Bulowski
Natasha Bulowski is an Ottawa-based journalist. She has covered federal policy for Vancouver and B.C. since Jan. 1, 2022 thanks to a grant from the Local Journalism Initiative and the Government of Canada. Natasha is also a graduate of Carleton University's bachelor of journalism program with a minor in human rights.
Trudeau warns of ‘especially severe wildfire season’ as petition calls for fossil fuel phaseout
The federal government’s modelling indicates this may be an “especially severe wildfire season,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters in Ottawa as smoke clouded the nation’s capital.
$13 billion and counting: Ottawa backs another TMX loan guarantee with taxpayer money
The federal government is once again putting taxpayer dollars on the line to prop up the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
Rocked by extreme weather, climate change exposes ‘infrastructure gap’ in Canadian communities
Canada’s changing climate has rendered a crucial ice bridge to a small municipality near Montreal unreliable, and even studying possible fixes is costly for the small community, the mayor says.
Privatization concerns grow as feds push forward with public-private model for rail megaproject
The NDP and Unifor are sounding the privatization alarm after documents reveal the federal government is only entertaining public-private partnership funding models for a mostly electric rail megaproject in Canada’s busiest service corridor.
Hackers claim they went after Canada’s gas infrastructure. Can renewables withstand the same cyberattacks?
News of pro-Russia hackers allegedly gaining access to Canada’s gas infrastructure brought cybersecurity concerns to the fore last month. To protect our power grid, industry insiders say Canada needs to step up regulations safeguarding energy systems that are vulnerable to attack.
Feds face court challenge over Metro Vancouver port expansion that will endanger killer whales
Environmental groups levelled a legal challenge against the federal government’s recent decision to greenlight a massive Metro Vancouver port expansion project in Delta, B.C.
Canada and U.S. team up to tackle nuclear waste
The organization responsible for managing Canada’s nuclear waste and the U.S. Department of Energy have pledged to work together on the long-term storage of spent nuclear fuel.
Canada’s biggest banks pitch in another $3 billion for Trans Mountain
Trans Mountain will have to repay the banks, with interest, and experts warn it is unlikely the company will be able to repay banks based on the project’s construction costs, tolls and international oil markets.
Canada’s eastern Rockies risk becoming a carbon bomb
Oil, gas and coal extraction projects in Canadian protected areas could unleash a potential 2.7 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, a global analysis found.
Parliament to make Imperial Oil tailings documents public
The public will soon be able to read a lengthy document Imperial Oil submitted to a parliamentary committee studying the recent tailings leaks at its Kearl oilsands mine in northern Alberta.