Opinion

The monarch butterfly is just the latest to be added to a growing group of wild species found in Canada that are at risk of disappearing forever. 

Time will tell whether they get around to dumping actual manure onto major highways in protest, or whether we’ll merely have to contend with the metaphorical version being thrown at our federal government, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

While some industry players rally to benefit from the current energy crisis, Canada must not cave to pressure from oil and gas companies to ramp up production.

Even though her Ottawa home has AC, by August, Joan Lawrence still hadn’t turned it on even though temperatures have frequently cracked 30 C.

This year’s theme for Indigenous Peoples Day is “The Role of Indigenous Women in the Preservation and Transmission of Traditional Knowledge.” Yet, industrial activity is a direct barrier to Indigenous women playing such a role. 

During his undergraduate studies at St. Mary’s University in Halifax, this 22-year-old helped discover there are many more bees in Nova Scotia’s salt marshes than previously thought. 

One thing should be abundantly clear by now: Pierre Poilievre is playing to win, and he’s not to be taken lightly, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault must put the protection and restoration of nature at the centre of the federal government’s proposed National Adaptation Strategy.

If we want to ensure that our elected bodies look like the public they’re created to serve, we need to stop punishing the people in them for having private lives that include children and families, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Addressing climate risks could see pension funds using their supersized strength to help direct finance to much-needed climate solutions. 

Through the worker-owned Vancouver Renewable Energy Cooperative (VREC) and its community-owned solar investment arm SolShare Energy, Duncan Martin and his colleagues provide solar arrays at no upfront cost to a building owner.

To ensure Canada finds its place in the global EV manufacturing supply chain, Canadian policymakers must focus on goals such as developing a knowledgeable labour force and teaming up with First Nations communities.

Four generations of my family attended the same residential school in Lebret, Sask. It operated for 114 years and was demolished in 2000.

Whether he’s talking about global energy policy or the pileup at Pearson, Pierre Poilievre is calling to "Fire the Gatekeepers," writes columnist Max Fawcett. But that's the thing about gatekeepers: you don’t think you need them until you find out you do.

It may be hard to see the connection between heat waves in British Columbia and Britain’s most flammable day since the Second World War, but our world has shrunk, and the 21st-century version is one of close connections and brutal teachings.