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An overhead view of a tanker stopped in open water along the B.C. coast.

Rethinking Canada’s oil tanker ban for a new era of reconciliation

An aerial view of Jasper, with several sections of the town now gravel pads.

Canada’s economic success is at risk from weak climate adaptation

The man is driving a snowmobile across a flat expanse of white, just him, snow, ice and a white sky.

Ottawa must heed Northern voices on Arctic strategy

Seen from above, a combine passes diagonally through the field, which looks like a light-brown rug.

Reimagining the future Canadian economy in a changing world

Vue panoramique d’un lac pollué par des déchets

From conflict to co-operation: Using mediation to fight the climate crisis 

A lake with rolling hills in the background on a sunny day. The leaves are just starting to change colours on the trees.

Canada’s $650M water plan risks repeating old mistakes

Green smoke rises of a glob of molten copper.

Canadian critical mineral policy has evolved and now it’s time to level up

Four people carry stuffed bags from the bus after being evacuated after the wildfire in Saskatchewan

A climate-responsive social safety net is needed for marginalized Canadians

Two men walk in a vast parking lot of bulldozers, excavators, dump trucks and front-end loaders among many other pieces of equipment.

Bulldozer or bystander? Canada’s stakes in the new global economy 

A dozen bundles of copper wire tied together with white string.

New approach needed in mining critical minerals

Carney stands at a podium on the tarmac. Behind him is several hundred soldiers in olive-green uniforms, and behind them are two white jets. A row of media and cameras on tripods is facing Carney.

Greening the military: Why defence spending must align with climate action

The water has risen halfway up the basement window in the home, which is surrounded by a stand of trees. Pieces of wood swirl together in the water, which is brown.

Canada has “flood amnesia.” Lessons from the Dutch would help treat it

Today’s supercharged wildfires require far more government planning and preparation

Integrating environmental considerations is key to Carney’s seven priorities

Using the courts to combat food waste

Three men in a small boat with the houses of a modern subdivision in the background. The water is about halfway up a stop sign and the garage doors.

Drowning in risk, Ottawa must fund a national flood insurance program

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