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Climate change, climate solutions, and the climate emergency are at the core of Canada's National Observer's mission and excellence in reporting. Our daily news and in-depth journalism on climate instability and the race to net zero are used by citizens, academics and policymakers to make sense of the growing climate crisis. Our name from time to time appears as a byline on our articles. It indicates the piece is an opinion by our management team or it is company news.
Elizabeth May explains what's next
Elizabeth May takes questions from National Observer in an interview on June 20, 2018.
Nathan Cullen accuses Canada of buying 'lemon' from Kinder Morgan after estimated size of oil spill multiplies by 48 times
A spill from Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline late last month was 48 times larger than initially reported, officials said.
National Observer publishes Ford, Schreiner opeds on election eve
In May, National Observer invited the leaders of all four major provincial political parties to share their thoughts on the Ontario election by submitting opinion pieces. The day before the election, Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford and Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner discuss their visions for change.
Trudeau chats with chief who denies climate change as he links reconciliation with Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau linked Indigenous reconciliation and the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline Tuesday as he met with a group in British Columbia that monitors construction of the project, including a chief who told Vice News that he denied the extent to which humans were causing climate change.
Second mate on Nathan E. Stewart ship fell asleep, leading to west coast diesel disaster: investigation
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says the second mate on the Nathan E. Stewart was by himself on the tug's bridge and had fallen asleep when the tug-barge ran aground on Oct. 31, 2016, resulting in the release of about 110,000 litres of diesel fuel in Heiltsuk First Nation territorial waters near Bella Bella, B.C.
Oil spill triggers emergency clean up at Kinder Morgan facility near Kamloops
Crews using an emergency response trailer and vacuum trucks are working to clean up a crude oil spill at a Kinder Morgan station north of Kamloops, B.C.
Beverley McLachlin's new life as a fiction writer
Beverley McLachlin, the former Chief Justice of Canada, has some tough love for new writers trying to produce their first books.
Author Shaena Lambert arrested at Kinder Morgan blockade
CanLit star Shaena Lambert tied herself to the gates of Kinder Morgan’s Burnaby pipeline terminal in an act of civil disobedience on Saturday. Lambert was arrested by the RCMP along with Cat Roivas, a Chippewayan woman who had already been arrested twice for blocking access to the Texas-based company’s tank farm.
National Observer nominated in two categories for Digital Publishing Awards
National Observer was nominated in two categories of this year's Digital Publishing Awards, for "general excellence" and "best news coverage," both in the small news category.
Richmond Hill resident bombarded by calls after media and police misidentify him as Toronto van attack suspect
"Not me. No connection," Richmond Hill resident Alex Minassian angrily posted on Facebook, as media started to bombard him with messages after mistaking him for Alek Minassian — the alleged suspect who killed 9 in Toronto by ramming a van into pedestrians on Yonge Street. "NBC, ABC, CBC, stop harassing my friends and family."