Opinion

​Ontarians are set to cast their ballots in the province’s election in just a few days—and voters, especially conservatives, need to ask themselves what they expect from a leader.

Throwing in the towel as Kathleen Wynne has in a request to hold the balance of power is cynical to say the very least. But it may be the best thing that’s happened to Horwath this whole campaign.

By 2002, drivers in London, England, were spending as much as half their commuting time stalled in traffic, contributing to much of the city centre’s dangerous particulate pollution.

A few days before Bill Morneau announced the federal government’s plan to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline, my morning newspaper displayed the collision of forces behind this decision. On one page was a story about the pipeline’s expansion, and on the facing page was a story about cities on B.C.’s coast planning to build seawalls and abandon low-lying land to cope with rising ocean levels

Politicians are quick to thank first responders in the wake of a tragedy. But paramedics and other front-line workers need action too: more resources, more support and more funding.

As Bill McKibben told me recently, seated on Burnaby Mountain where we were sheltering in the shade of a Douglas fir on a blazingly hot May day, "Physics is remarkably disinterested in how the economy is doing right now, or where in the election cycle we are."

The Ontario election is a fork in the road for Toronto, but only the NDP has offered a map.

“In a democracy, there is room for nonviolent civil disobedience.”

Those of us who dedicate our lives to this effort, in whatever setting we choose to work, do it because we love our families, our children, the lake we swam in as teenagers, the communities we have seen suffer as weather gets more extreme and sea levels rise, writes Catherine Abreu, executive director of Climate Action Network.

With the Canadian financial sector struggling to adapt to climate change impacts and the financial implications of a phase-out of fossil fuels in the energy system, it is time for the Bank of Canada and our national financial regulators to step in.

Who's approving the logging of these ancient giants? The answer may appall you.

According to an African proverb (and the Dalai Lama), “If you think you’re too small to make a difference, try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito. Climate change is causing diseases to spread in areas where they were previously seldom seen.

For months, a​mong political pollsters and insiders, there's been quite the buzz around Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath’s chances in this election. What's next?

In British Columbia Burning, author Bethany Lindsay does an in-depth investigation into what happened last summer, also taking a look back at the history of wildfires in B.C. and a peak forward at the possibilities for both preventing and fighting them.

Both consumers and political parties have an opportunity to benefit in 2019 from taking on the telecoms. Here's why that should happen.