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CLIMATE CHANGE
GEOPOLITICS

Climate change threatens Canadian security, prosperity, warns stark spy agency brief | CBC NewsA report from Canada's spy agency CSIS says climate change is increasingly driving new threats to national security and prosperity.

RESOURCES & INDUSTRY
MINING

Global mining giants are flocking to Manitoba. Here’s what that means for the province | The NarwhalAmid talk of a green technology mining boom, Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson reports ‘record’ mining investment in the province

LIVEABLE COMMUNITIES
CITIES

These are the best Canadian cities to raise a familyA total of nine Ontario cities made the cut!

RESOURCE CONFLICTS
TRANSPORTTION

Immigrants are not the reason Ontario’s Greenbelt is being developed | The NarwhalOn several occasions in the past few months, both Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Housing Minister Steve Clark have said the Greenbelt has to be opened for development to house a growing number of families like mine. We’re what politicians call economic immigrants — young, working families who were selected to move to Canada to...

RESOURCES & INDUSTRY
CONFLICTS

Putting profit before life is a recipe for disasterOften, ignoring safety is cost-effective from the cold standpoint of corporate executives. Corporations put profit ahead of lives.

CLIMATE CHANGE
INDIGENOUS CANADA

A vanishing worldWinter sea ice is melting away from Labrador, threatening to take the traditional Inuit way of life there with it.

CLIMATE CHANGE
EMISSIONS

Canada’s emissions down 6.7 per cent from 2005 levels, but researchers urge swift action to meet targetsA new report released by the Canadian Climate Institute, says emissions in the country in 2021 were up 2.8 per cent from the previous year, but down 6.7 per cent from 2005 levels.

CLIMATE CHANGE
SOLUTIONS

As EV batteries consume more lithium, report warns against increased mining of it | CBC RadioThe growing need for lithium — a mined metal used in electric vehicle (EV) batteries — could have significant international environmental and social impacts if the U.S. doesn’t reimagine its transportation policy, according to a recent report.

CLIMATE CHANGE
IMPACTS

Great Lakes water levels are in flux. New research looks at how and if that could cause local earthquakes | CBC NewsA recent 4.3 magnitude earthquake felt in parts of southern Ontario came as a surprise to some residents, but researchers say seismic activity around the Great Lakes is in fact not uncommon. Now, they are investigating a potential connection they may have to climate change.

CLIMATE CHANGE
CAUSES

How supermarket freezers are heating the planet, and how they could change | CBC NewsClimate-conscious shoppers may buy local food and try to cut packaging waste – but those efforts could be negated by potent greenhouse gases leaking from supermarket fridges. Here’s a look at why that’s happening, what the solutions are, and how ordinary shoppers could make a difference.

CHANGING POPULATIONS
IMMIGRATION

Canada: Why the country wants to bring in 1.5m immigrants by 2025Some Canadians are concerned the country's aggressive immigration targets are too high.

RESOURCE CONFLICTS
FORESTRY

‘The right direction’: new B.C. plan could actually protect old-growth forests | The NarwhalA shift in how the province manages forests — taking into account biodiversity, climate change and Indigenous partnership — signals a long-awaited change in what Premier David Eby calls ‘decades of short-term and transactional thinking’

CLIMATE CHANGE
SOLUTIONS

Canada is racing to net zero. But do we have the data to get us there? | CBC NewsIn this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the data gap in Canada's pursuit of net-zero emissions and how EVs are being used to clean up the air in arenas.

LIVEABLE COMMUNITIES
TRAFFIC CONGESTION

Research shows more highways don’t fix traffic congestion. So why is Ontario still building them? | The NarwhalA mountain of evidence shows induced demand — how new roads attract more drivers — is real, though internal emails show Ontario government officials consider the concept a ‘silly thing.’ Is there any solution for congestion?

CLIMATE CHANGE

Rideau Canal Skateway's uncertain future predicted 18 years ago | CBC NewsThe author of a 2005 report warning how climate change would affect the Rideau Canal Skateway is looking back at how his predictions have mostly come true.

FLOOD PROTECTION
INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

A new approach to flood mapping could be on the way for Manitoba First Nations | The NarwhalWith floods affecting almost 90 per cent of Manitoba First Nations, new flood management could put Traditional Knowledge first

CLIMATE CHANGE
TOURISM

This could be the first year the Rideau Canal Skateway doesn't open - The Weather NetworkThe skateway opened in 1971, and has been operational every year since.

TRAVEL & TOURISM
HIDDEN FEES

A look at the sneaky fees at Canada's biggest tourist spot that some call 'a total cash grab' | CBC NewsMarketplace has been investigating the hidden fees tacked onto consumers’ bills at hotels, restaurants and attractions in Niagara Falls, Ont., and has found the fees continue to increase with little oversight or regulation.

LIVEABLE COMMUNITIES
URBAN RESIDENTIAL

1 in 5 Canadian properties are owned by investors. That makes it harder for 1st time buyers | CBC NewsPublishing data related to housing investors for the first time, the Canadian Housing Statistics Program has found that more than a fifth of all houses in British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Ontario were owned by investors in 2020.

RESOURCES & INDUSTRY
FOSSIL FUELS

‘Keep it quiet’: workers told not to report oil spill at remote B.C. worksite, insider says | The NarwhalA small unreported diesel spill in a remote part of B.C. is raising big questions about how companies and the province respond when things go wrong

RESOURCES & INDUSTRY
MINING

‘Imminent threat’: plans to mine the bottom of the ocean raise concerns as Canada announces moratorium | The NarwhalUnderwater mining to make batteries could create ‘a massive deadzone’ on the ocean floor. Canada has issued a temporary domestic ban — but regulating international waters is trickier

RESOURCES & INDUSTRY
FOSSIL FUELS - OIL SANDS

An Imperial Oil tailings pond has been leaking for nine months | The NarwhalAER has ordered the company to contain the leak and fix the problem at Kearl oilsands project

IMMIGRATION
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

New York City is paying for migrants' bus tickets upstate. Their next stop: crossing into Canada | CBC NewsThe city says it will financially help those in New York trying to get somewhere else. For many, that somewhere is the Canadian border, just a short taxi ride away from the Plattsburgh terminus.

RESOURCES & INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE

CTV Your Morning | S7:E121 | Farmland loss in PEI acceleratingLand used for farming in PEI is disappearing faster than it has in a generation.

RESOURCES & INDUSTRY
COMMERCIAL FISHING

Pacific Coast Indigenous nations see a glimmer of hope for the future of salmon | CBC RadioMany Indigenous nations carry a deep spiritual connection with salmon. But threats like habitat loss, climate change and human development have decimated salmon numbers. Now, Indigenous people are working to bring them back.

RESOURCES & INDUSTRY
OCEAN PRESERVATION

Canada is set to make a massive protected area official — and it’s underwater | The NarwhalThe Tang.ɢwan-ḥačxʷiqak-Tsig̱is marine protected area will be 133,000 square kilometres, covering underwater mountain ranges and alien ecosystems

LIVEABLE COMMUNITIES
URBAN SEWAGE DISPOSAL

Dereliction of doodie: Ontario’s plans for York Region’s sewage could hurt Great Lakes — and U.S. relations | The NarwhalTwo provinces and eight states agreed to limit water transfers around the Great Lakes basin. But the Ford government’s plans for development in York Region include moving a lot more wastewater south to Lake Ontario

PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS
WESTERN CORDILLERA

Last icy stand: Scaling Mount LoganFour researchers team up to ascend Mount Logan, measuring change and resilience on Canada’s highest peak

LIVEABLE COMMUNITIES
URBAN GREEN SPACE

Ottawa’s Greenbelt is federally owned but not federally protected | The NarwhalThe horseshoe of wetlands, forests and farms dividing Ottawa’s downtown from its suburbs is managed by the federal government, so it should be safe from Ontario’s new development policies. But it’s still threatened by roads and transit corridors

PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS
WESTERN CORDILLERA

‘Rarest of the rare’: B.C’s newest conservancy protects globally imperilled rainforest | The NarwhalThe move will permanently protect at-risk species and biodiversity — including rare lichens, grizzly bear and wolverine — in an area Premier David Eby describes as ‘one of B.C.’s greatest treasures’

CHANGING POPULATIONS
INDIGENOUS LAND CLAIMS

Blueberry River First Nations beat B.C. in court. Now everything’s changing | The NarwhalNew agreements between the province and Treaty 8 nations are a first step towards healing land devastated by decades of heavy industrial activity

CHANGING POPULATIONS
INDIGENOUS LAND CLAIMS

The ancient trees at the heart of a case against the CrownAn indigenous community in Canada is suing for their land - and using unusual evidence in their case.

RESOURCES & INDUSTRY
FORESTRY CONFLICTS

Logging is imminent in an area home to a threatened bison herd in northern Alberta | The NarwhalA group of Indigenous Elders, Knowledge Keepers and trappers has been pushing for more protection for the Wabasca herd — which is down to as few as nine bison. With logging set to start nearby, the herd is at risk of being totally eliminated

RESOURCES & INDUSTRY
MINING CONFLICTS

Everything you need to know about the push to mine Ontario’s Ring of Fire - The Weather NetworkThe Ontario government wants the Ring of Fire to be a mining hub. But there are big questions about the environment, the cost and First Nations consent that need to be answered.

CHANGING POPULATIONS
INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

$2.8-billion settlement reached in class action lawsuit over residential schools | CBC NewsOfficials announced Saturday that the federal government and 325 First Nations have agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit, seeking reparations for the loss of language and culture brought on by Indian residential schools, for $2.8 billion.

LIVEABLE COMMUNITIES
URBAN LIGHT POLLUTION

Stars? What stars? We've nearly succeeded in extinguishing the night sky | CBC NewsA new study has found that the night sky may be brightening faster than once thought, and that has consequences for humans, ecosystems and more.

RESOURCES & INDUSTRY
FORESTRY, BIODIVERSITY

Loggers warned to steer clear of newly mapped old-growth forest patches in central B.C. | The NarwhalMapped areas follow watchdog investigation that found biodiversity may be at ‘high risk’ in Prince George timber area

LIVEABLE COMMUNITIES
GEOPOLITICS

While you were on holiday, Ontario stripped conservation authority powers | The NarwhalOn Dec. 28, the Doug Ford government told conservation authorities their ability to protect vital watersheds and species at risk would be limited as of Jan. 1

ENDANGERED SPECIES ‘Death by a thousand clearcuts’: Canada’s deep-snow caribou are vanishing The Narwhal 14.01.23

TOURISM & CLIMATE CHANGE How the Rideau Canal skating season will survive in a warming world The Weather Network 13.01.23

RESOURCE CONFLICT Quarry quarrel: turtle lovers decry Ontario’s appetite for construction The Narwhal 13.01.23

AIR POLLUTION Risk of dementia linked to air pollution exposure, new study says The Weather Network 10.01.23

RESOURCE CONFLICTS B.C. rejects open-pit mine in caribou habitat. Is this a shift for endangered species? The Narwhal 10.01.23

CLIMATE CHANGE Most of Western Canada's glaciers will melt in 80 years, UNBC study finds The Weather Network 09.01.23

INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS Here are 3 places to watch the Land Back movement unfold in 2023 CBC News 07.01.23

CLIMATE CHANGE & LIVEABLE COMMUNITIES Can natural infrastructure help revitalize Winnipeg’s downtown? The Narwhal 04.01.23

CLIMATE CHANGE & LIVEABLE COMMUNITIES For global climate and biodiversity goals, we must reclaim nature in our cities The Weather Network 03.01.23

CLIMATE CHANGE Beavers expanding north bring damming consequences for Inuit and wildlife CBC News 31.12.22

SPORT TOURISM World Juniors a big boost for Moncton businesses CBC News 31.12.22

CLIMATE CHANGE 'It's quite remarkable': Halifax is about to set a record for lack of snow The Weather Network 31.12.22

LIVEABLE COMMUNITIES Sackville, N.B., scores prestigious UN RAMSAR City Wetland accreditation in a Canadian first Canadian Geographic 28.12.22

GREAT LAKES What one region's water level woes reveal about climate change and the St. Lawrence River CBC News 27.12.22

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