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‘Extremely offensive’: B.C. premier’s plans to change Indigenous Rights law met with frustration

B.C. Premier David Eby’s plans to change Indigenous Rights law following the Gitxaala ruling has some concerned about the ...
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Attawapiskat organizers want to join First Nations court case against Ontario’s Bill 5

Founders of Okiniwak Indigenous Youth Movement and Friends of the Attawapiskat River want a say in Ontario court case ...
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Senior Alberta officials stalled release of coal mine pollution science

An Alberta government scientist was prevented from speaking publicly about his coal mine pollution research, emails show ...
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Bear defence and other survival lessons from northern Alberta

In an excerpt from ‘Black Bear,’ author Trina Moyles recalls lessons on surviving the many threats of a young life in rural Alberta ...
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Are environmental risks making Canada’s doctor shortage more acute?

The doctor shortage is a national problem. Worries about health-care risks in industrial and disaster-prone areas may be a ...
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Cut through a wetland: how Ontario’s losing a critical ecosystem

A developer built a trail through a wetland near Orillia, catching neighbours and the township by surprise. Across Ontario, ...
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A new way to fight climate change: cataloguing the DNA of the Arctic Ocean

Scientists are collecting DNA from the Arctic Ocean to create a better map of climate change and environmental health ...
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B.C.’s failure to fund flood response ‘troublesome’ as atmospheric river strikes again

Since the disaster four years ago, Semá:th First Nation, Leq’a-mel First Nation, Máthxwi First Nation, the cities of ...
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‘Direct violation’: Alberta ignored its own rules by transferring wells to delinquent oil company, data suggests

New evidence suggests the Alberta Energy Regulator ignored a ministerial order — and critics say that’s just the tip of the ...
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A decade of fighting over a controversial mining project in Manitoba — and still no decision

After a decade of local opposition, political scandal and changing plans, the Sio Silica project’s fate is still up in the ...
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What it takes to dig up the dirt in Alberta

The Alberta Energy Regulator allowed oil and gas company MAGA Energy to take over nearly 200 new wells — despite its huge ...
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Annie Burns-Pieper

Annie Burns-Pieper is an investigative and health reporter whose work spans nearly 15 years with national teams at The Globe and Mail, CBC, CTV and Global. Her international reporting has appeared in ...