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Pothole in a Montreal's street.

Cities are closer to Canada’s problems than they are to the money

A baseball diamond in the foreground with a chemical plant in the background.

Environmental racism: Canada must move from recognition to repair

A man in navy coveralls with reflective strips leans over a shiny sheet of steel.

A Canada-led clean trade pact would show that middle powers mean business

The span is painted turquoise and is surrounded by a rock wall.

Why Canada’s northern energy infrastructure is failing

A data centre with rows of servers and floating figures representing digital data streams.

Canada needs to develop its own AI computing power

Saskatchewan power line Alt text: Power line runs through the flat Prairie landscape.

Saskatchewan needs a framework for Crown infrastructure deals

Six people are gathered around the rhino on the ground.

Where does Canada stand on international environmental crime?

The Pickering Nuclear Generating Station stretches along the shore of Lake Ontario, with several dome-shaped reactor buildings under a cloudy sky, viewed from a rocky foreground by the water.

To enrich or not to enrich nuclear fuel: Canada’s dilemma

A wind turbine next to a coal-fired power plant with smokestacks belching smoke and power lines in the background.

Two uncomfortable climate truths

One of the signs held up says “help me now” and has a blue and green drawing of a crying planet earth.

Beyond carbon pricing: a fairer way to drive climate policy

An overhead view of a combine harvester cutting a swath through a field of brown plants, alongside a tractor towing a grain trailer.

Community food systems are critical to Canada’s national security

White house in the background on a sloping lot covered with green grass and yellow flowers.

Making homes affordable while cutting emissions in Canada

Two plumes of black smoke and fire rise from an oil facility in the United Arab Emirates.

War in the Gulf will only accelerate oil’s long-term decline

Dozens of people stand around the mechanical room.

Ontario’s nuclear push risks another costly policy failure

Two cows photographed from below with a blue sky with puffy clouds in the background.

Food security needs to be part of Canada’s defence strategy

A windswept street corner with no sign of life.

When a major employer closes, the whole community feels it 

Rows of agricultural fields are partly submerged.

Why is climate adaptation so difficult for Canada?

Dozens of ministers stand in a family photo while a dozen photographers jockey for the shot in the foreground.

Can a U.S.-led critical minerals strategy deliver for climate and Canada?

Aerial view of a waterside rural First Nations community.

Court rulings confirm duty to provide housing and safe water for First Nations. Now what?

A large red sun behind an overpass with traffic in the foreground.

Why new EVs alone won’t deliver Canada’s biggest health gains

The man stands knee-deep in a clearing with tall grasses and an evergreen forest in the distance.

Why peatlands must be central to Canada’s climate and economic agendas

An American flag hangs on a wall of the metal structure.

Canada’s rising oil exports to U.S. refineries have become a risk

An immense dragline operates with a coal-powered generating station in the background. Smoke is coming out of a stack into a grey sky.

Canada missing opportunities to build community resilience amid global realignment

Hundreds of cars parked in a lot with containers and cranes in the background.

Why cheap Chinese EVs may cost Canada more in the long run

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