Ontario’s hunt reopens for once-threatened bird
Sandhill cranes have made an astounding comeback — but with voracious appetites leaving farm fields picked over, they’re now fair game for hunters
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What if Canadian oil giants were taxed more on excess profits from the Iran war?
As people struggle with the rising cost of living, global wars inflate gas prices. Experts say a windfall tax on industry could put money back in Canadians’ pockets — and help with green initiatives
First Nations gave Doug Ford a wildfire plan. Ontario ignored it
Premier Doug Ford was presented with dozens of recommendations to improve emergency response in northern Ontario. Little progress was made before what's now estimated to be the province's worst wildfire season on record
How to make a $60 air purifier, as Canada’s wildfires rage on
Three-quarters of Canadians are worried about poor air quality due to wildfire smoke. In B.C., people are learning to build effective, low-cost air purifiers
Vancouver’s abandoned boats have become everybody’s problem
As the FIFA World Cup temporarily transformed False Creek, Vancouver’s abandoned boats revealed a deeper story about pollution, bureaucracy and housing insecurity
Why are there so few Black farm owners in Canada?
From Ontario to the Okanagan, Black and racialized workers power agriculture, but barriers to land ownership mean they rarely own farms. That gap is shaping Canada’s food future
Paramedics share lessons from B.C.’s heat dome emergency
A record-breaking heat dome sent nearly 12,000 emergency calls into B.C.’s ambulance system in a single day, in 2021. Five years later, are we any more prepared?
Climate change is forcing us to adapt to uncertainty
As wildfires, floods and other climate impacts accelerate, experts say our best chance of adapting may be accepting a simple truth: we can’t predict everything
Untested: Northern Ontario health units stop monitoring beaches
As the warming climate makes a cool dip more necessary, it can also degrade the water quality. But as of this summer, beaches around North Bay and Parry Sound will no longer be monitored
Natural gas companies lobbied against Canada’s limit on household emissions
Fossil fuel lobbyists pushed back on an updated federal building code, saying it could 'ban' natural gas use in new homes