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Climate issues are taking a back seat in B.C.’s election

The NDP offers nothing new. The Conservatives aren’t talking. And the Greens are climate-focused but unlikely to form B.C.’s next government

Life alongside the impacts of Alberta’s fracking boom

Locals say the creeks are dry and the roads are ruined. Here’s what life is like in a rural Albertan fracking hot spot

Tensions climb in Devil’s Glen

Scientists have been warning for decades that rock climbing is harming species on a particular stretch of the Niagara Escarpment. The Ontario government officially sanctioned climbing there this year

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Frustrated with government inaction, Quebec First Nation takes caribou conservation fight to court

The Lac Simon Anishnabe Nation has filed a lawsuit against the federal government, arguing its failure to protect the caribou from the impacts of mining and forestry threatens their members' constitutional rights

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Hikers push to protect backcountry trails in Rocky Mountain national parks

Access to wide swaths of the mountain parks is cut off, but some argue that’s good for wildlife

A view inside a network of fossil fuel advocates

These documents, prepared for a meeting of groups advocating for the oil and gas industry, were hiding in plain sight

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Lake Ontario: Donald Trump and the great distraction

‘If you can’t understand the lakes, you can’t protect the lakes’: a former director of the committee overseeing Canada-U.S. water relations says the real threat to the Great Lakes is a shift away from research and monitoring

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A polar bear cub lost his mom. He’ll spend the rest of his life in a zoo

Some say moving orphan bears to zoos can help raise awareness of broader issues. Others say we could do better

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‘Knowing our opponents’: how a pro-oil-and-gas group tracks journalists, First Nations and environmentalists

New research by Greenpeace Canada lays out a web of pro-oil and gas groups working together to influence public opinion on climate change

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B.C.’s Indigenous Rights law is now an election issue. Here’s what you need to know

On the B.C. campaign trail, both the NDP and the Conservatives have spoken against the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. Experts say it doesn’t threaten private property rights — and used properly, makes development smoother, not less certain

Amazon says it will kick in funds to fix the Winnipeg prairie its contractor damaged

After a contractor with the multitrillion-dollar online retailer drove heavy equipment through a tallgrass prairie, neighbours and experts say work is needed to restore crushed plants and turned-up soil

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When a forest burns, what does it mean for lakes? Scientists are trying to find out

Canada has more lakes than any other country, and nearly every one has been exposed to wildfire smoke

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