Canada's National Observer: Climate News
WEBAug 27, 2024 · Canada's National Observer publishes journalism in the public interest. Award-winning investigative journalism and daily news reporting on climate change, energy, the environment and politics, along with a Special Reports magazine, multi-media features, analysis and opinions.
What we mean when we say Indigenous land is 'unceded'
WEBJan 24, 2020 · Canada’s Constitution is clear that Indigenous land rights exist, said Benjamin Ralston, a lecturer and researcher at the Indigenous Law Centre at the University of Saskatchewan. But in practice, fights over exactly what those rights are can take decades to resolve in court or in treaty negotiations, revealing “cognitive dissonance” in ...
Decades-old water pollution ravaged the health of two Ontario …
WEBSep 2, 2021 · This is Part 2 of a three-part series called Gigoo-Aakoosi: Fish Is Sick. Gigoo-Aakoosi: Fish Is Sick tells the story of the Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek, also known as Grassy Narrows First Nation, and Wabauskang First Nation and the historical and ongoing devastation endured by those living with water contamination. Through a nationwide investigation called Clean Water, Broken ...
Sandy Garossino | Canada's National Observer: Climate News
WEBSandy Garossino has been focused through 2023 on reserching the relationship between Canada and China and this work will be released in January 2024. Previously, she was been the public affairs columnist for Canada's National Observer, responsible for some of CNO's most groundbreaking investigations. She is a former Crown prosecutor and prominent media commentator, whose bold writing is read ...
How Pierre Poilievre rose to front-runner status in the …
WEBSep 9, 2022 · Fifty-seven per cent of Conservative voters have a favourable impression of Poilievre, according to an Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of Global News between Aug. 29 and 31. A sample of 1,001 Canadians aged 18 and over were interviewed for the survey, which saw Poilievre’s popularity climb eight points compared to …
Nova Scotians defeat billionaire developers who tried to swoop in …
WEBNov 25, 2021 · But as it turned out, the area was a park in name only, having never received full legal protection from the province. Had the development proceeded, the project would have proposed converting some of the granite ridges into sand for the golf courses. The project was pitched as a way to bring jobs and revenue to a part of the province that has experienced a shrinking population and a lack of ...
End times for American democracy? An interview with Chris Hedges
WEBSep 10, 2020 · Canada's National Observer spoke about it with Chris Hedges, 63, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author who was a foreign correspondent for 15 years for the New York Times, where he served as the paper’s Middle East and Balkan bureau chiefs.The interview was edited for length.
INVESTIGATION: Developers with ties to Ford government stand …
WEBApr 3, 2021 · The premier’s office says the 413 is needed to serve a growing population and relieve pressure on highways that will soon be over capacity. National Observer and Torstar took an inside look at the money, power and influence …
Ontario's garbage problem is overwhelming
WEBFeb 14, 2022 · Ontario has a garbage problem and an ever-shrinking window of time to solve it. According to a recent audit, the province will exhaust its existing landfill space within 11 to 14 years unless it changes course. But that isn’t happening. “We’ve been having this conversation for a very long period of time,” said Peter Hargreave, president ...
Pricing carbon: Canada’s ‘carbon tax’ versus international gas taxes
WEBOct 1, 2021 · When I was a kid, oil companies gave away trinkets with each fill-up, like collectible drinking glasses and fake tiger tails.Now we get bigger things — like 1,000-year heat waves, superstorms, megafires, and crop failures.. In fact, Canadians filling up at the pump have been a primary driver behind our nation's 30 years of climate failure.As my first chart below shows, Canadian tailpipe ...