Riley Sparks
Reporter | Toronto
About Riley Sparks
Riley Sparks is a multimedia reporter based in Toronto. He has produced videos for The Globe and Mail, worked as a digital journalist and overseas freelancer for the Toronto Star and covered city news for the Montreal Gazette.
As Trump eyes reprieve for gas guzzlers, Canada looks to China
As the world waits to see how an American retreat on climate change could affect the global fight, Canada's environment minister says Canada will work with anyone who's serious about climate action.
Skip the Dishes apologizes for ducking questions on pay and benefits
A Winnipeg food delivery company has apologized for cancelling an interview when a prospective employee asked about wages. “This is becoming the norm," labour researcher Emily Norgang said.
Greenpeace gagne une bataille, mais la guerre continue avec le géant forestier Résolu
La Cour d'appel de l'Ontario a rejeté la tentative de Produits forestiers Résolu (PFR) d'étendre la portée de sa poursuite en diffamation de 7 millions $ contre Greenpeace.
Feds told to quit buzzing around the bush and ban bee killers
The federal government should move ahead with a proposed ban of a bee-killing pesticide immediately, an organization representing Ontario’s beekeepers says.
Greenpeace wins a battle, but a war with a forestry giant continues
Greenpeace has won one legal battle with forestry giant Resolute, but the overall war continues in a $7 million libel suit.
Former Harper minister welcomes Trump admin's re-opening of climate debate
U.S. President Donald Trump's climate change denial is a welcome opportunity to debate the science of human-caused global warming, former federal Conservative minister Joe Oliver says.
Plan for rising seas, new federal project tells Atlantic Canadians
Atlantic Canadians need to start planning for dramatic changes in the sea level by the end of the century, a new federal government project says.
Trump urged not to play 'Russian roulette' with Great Lakes
"What are they doing over there? What are they thinking?" Mayors, scientists and environmentalists working on Great Lakes cleanup say cuts announced by U.S. President Donald Trump could be disastrous.
Multinationals descend on Parliament as feds review pesticide ban
Environmental organizations are questioning the role of the pesticide industry in a House of Commons consultation on a proposed ban of a pesticide linked to the global decline of honeybees.
Environmental advocates disturbed by logging activity in Quebec caribou habitat
News this week that there are no more than 15 caribou left in a herd near Val d’Or, Que. is giving new urgency to the fight to protect a neighbouring herd in the Broadback River valley.