Danielle Smith is working hand-in-glove with private insurers to push health privatization in Alberta—and it could spread across Canada

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Exclusive: The LNG Canada plant — the country’s first major LNG facility, owned by Shell, Petronas, Korea Gas, PetroChina and Mitsubishi — is one of the highest sources of global emissions for flaring, undermining claims that Canada produces the cleanest natural gas in the world

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Fearing a Carney government proposal will erode the public’s right to know, opponents have asked a parliamentary committee to ‘urgently’ consider access to Information law

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Subcontracting, overwork and wages falling behind the cost of living—these are among the issues that have brought Montreal‘s blue-collar city workers to strike for a second time this year.  The…

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PV Ontario Bureau   The Ontario government’s recent wave of attacks on democratic rights is part of Doug Ford’s ongoing efforts to enrich developers and corporations by cutting workers’ wages and […]

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At this weekend’s Liberal Party convention in Montreal, Martin Lukacs hit the floor to ask delegates and MPs what they think about Carney’s right wing agenda of austerity, militarism, and fossil fuel support .

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The announcement came yesterday: Christine Fréchette will be Quebec’s next premier, following François Legault‘s departure last January. She won the CAQ leadership race against Bernard Drainville, in which 15,833 party…

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The groups were set up following the contamination crisis in Walkerton, Ont., and are still waiting for ‘clarity’ on how their work will continue after conservation authorities consolidate

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By Daniel McCubbin   On April 1, Mississauga’s city council voted to pass a new bylaw that closes a loophole often used by landlords to displace tenants from their units and […]

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By Nigan Juniper   Nearly 100 people filled the Russian Hall in East Vancouver on March 19 for the Peoples Forum for Peace, an event organized by a newly formed coalition […]

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In the cross-border North Cascades mountain range, First Nations in B.C. are working to restore an ecological and cultural relationship with grizzlies

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The Alberta government says new rules for all-season resorts will increase investor confidence and speed up approvals. Critics worry ‘there are no guardrails’

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Indigenous communities are not waiting for permission to start a green transition—they’re forging ahead. Will Canada follow, or stand in their way?

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Advocates are ringing alarm bells about the water use of a proposed Rocky Mountain resort the size of a small town. The resort would be in an area of water ‘bankruptcy’ that’s the headwaters for much of the Prairies

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Another wave of austerity is once again hitting Cégep de Saint-Laurent in Montreal. Unions and employees learned on April 9 that the French language program for immigrants would be cut…

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Thousands of wells belonging to beleaguered Calgary-based Long Run Exploration Ltd. have now been officially dubbed orphans

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With a new democratic socialist leader of the NDP, leftists weigh in on what to do next

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In Canada’s hotspot for wildfires, First Nations women are challenging colonialism and patriarchy by leading wildfire projects and gatherings

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Elon Musk’s company wants to put data centres into orbit around the Earth. If it happens, the satellites would outshine the stars

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Danielle Smith pledged to hold a referendum on separating Alberta from Canada. First Nations in the province are going to court this week to argue that she has no legal right to do that

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Through a freedom of information request, The Narwhal accessed B.C.’s undelivered throne speech. It details the province’s plans for LNG, mining and Indigenous Rights

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Commentary from Central Executive Committee, Communist Party of Canada  As more working people reject the corporate agenda advanced by Mark Carney and the Liberal Party, many are actively searching for […]

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By Monica Shannon   On March 16, the Ambulance Paramedics of BC (CUPE Local 873) ratified a new collective agreement. The union’s 6,000 members, primarily paramedics and 911 dispatchers, had voted […]

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Many critics argue Alaska takes too many salmon and is harming populations — but it’s easier to find Alaska-caught fish in B.C. stores and Alaskan salmon fisheries have global sustainability certification that B.C. salmon fisheries don’t. What gives?

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Ontario students face a lifetime of debt as the Ford government replaces grants with loans, effectively destroying prospects of social mobility for the working class.  The province is capping student…

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