Trish Audette-Longo
About Trish Audette-Longo
Trish Audette-Longo is an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University and a co-director of the Climate Disaster Project. Previously, Trish reported, edited and managed digital engagement with Canada's National Observer, and she covered politics and the environment for The Edmonton Journal.
If we can no longer skate on Ottawa’s Rideau Canal, we must change the climate conversation
Is there something necessary — even community-building — about mourning this year’s loss of skating on the Rideau Canal and talking explicitly and collectively about the effects of climate change?
With police unable or unwilling to end protests, Ottawa residents have been left to fend for themselves
During this pandemic, the phrase “We’re on our own” is not a sentiment that immediately mobilizes solidarity, putting it in stark contrast to the message, “We’re all in this together.”
Federal government ordered to revisit emergency towing vessel contract
The federal government has been told to reevaluate its 2018 contract with a New Brunswick-based company for two emergency response vessels on B.C.'s coast.
As pipelines, oil tensions divide Canadians, Trudeau pledges commitment to unity
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged to overcome "the politics of division" Wednesday, as Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer blasted his government from Alberta over energy policies that have triggered regional tensions.
Press council comes down on Toronto Sun for 'serious breach' after false report about goats
The Toronto Sun committed a “serious breach of journalistic standards” for falsely reporting that refugees were slaughtering goats at a Scarborough hotel, said a self-regulating Canadian press council in a scathing statement released on Thursday night.
Notley trolls Trudeau Liberals about Trans Mountain
Just in case the federal Liberals were in danger of forgetting what Alberta Premier Rachel Notley wants for Christmas this year, she sent them a reminder outside their annual holiday party in Ottawa this week.
No apologies from Ford for Hydro One intervention despite rejected merger deal
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he won't apologize for steps he took to "clean up the mess" at Hydro One despite a stunning assessment by a Washington state regulator that there was too much political interference to allow a merger with U.S. energy company Avista Corp.
Washington state regulator torpedoes Hydro One deal over political interference by Doug Ford
As the two party leaders intent on knocking Kathleen Wynne out of the premier’s office this year talked about their plans for Hydro One, utilities commissioners in Washington were watching and listening. And they were becoming increasingly concerned that a merger between Hydro One and Spokane-based Avista Corp. would always be at risk of political interference.
Is Canada complicit?
NDP MP Hélène Laverdière demanded the Trudeau government launch an independent investigation Friday, in the wake of new evidence compiled by National Observer showing Canadian weapons being used in the Saudi-led war in Yemen.
Is Canada's rail system going to be safer than ever?
As Alberta Premier Rachel Notley continues to pitch for more trains to carry 120,000 additional barrels of oil out of the landlocked province, Transport Minister Marc Garneau says Canada's rail system has become safer since a deadly train derailment, oil spill and explosion in Lac-Mégantic, Que. in 2013.