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At Canada’s National Observer, we examine everything from policy to political theatre through the lens of climate change: privileging science over partisan politics and false balance.

High levels of carcinogenic gas near a medical sterilization facility in Scarborough, Ont., highlight a dangerous gap in Canada’s air quality monitoring, says the Environment and Climate Change Canada researcher who discovered the chemical in the area.

Despite differences of opinion, a clear majority of delegates voted to adopt the Canadian Labour Congress’ proposed climate action plan at its 2023 convention in Montreal.

The oceanic phenomenon could lead to more pathogen-carrying mosquitoes, bacteria, and toxic algae.

The landback movement isn’t just about getting land back. It’s more than that. It’s a reclamation of culture too. 

This episode looks at how women are reclaiming their role as mothers, teachers, leaders, and sacred beings, despite everything colonialism has thrown at them.

This episode is not about the land defenses – but about the emergence of a public relations war to control the story the media tells.

In the first half of this episode, we’ll introduce you to three people who survived land conflicts. In the second half, they share their experiences with each other as they meet for the first time. 

British Columbia Premier David Eby says he had a meeting with the regional director of Canada's spy agency over allegations of foreign interference in the province's elections.

United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith apologized on Monday, May 8, 2023, after a 2021 video surfaced of her saying she wouldn’t wear a Remembrance Day poppy while comparing those who got the COVID-19 vaccine to followers of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany.

Rain and cooler temperatures in northeastern British Columbia will help suppression efforts for two out-of-control wildfires, but high temperatures forecast for later this week may pose a new threat, says a BC Wildfire Service spokesman.

The Alberta government promised financial aid on Monday, May 8, 2023, to people forced from their homes by wildfires that continue to threaten many areas of the province.

China has declared a Canadian diplomat as "persona non grata" in retaliation for Ottawa's expulsion of a Chinese consular official, who Canada's spy agency alleged was involved in a plot to intimidate Conservative MP Michael Chong and his relatives in Hong Kong.

Canada is throwing its hat in the ring for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council, pledging to advance issues from online speech to access to abortion.

American fishing boats catching threatened Canadian salmon was flagged as a top concern for federal Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray before meeting with the U.S. ambassador to Canada in March.