Congratulations to CNO's @rorywh.bsky.social @davidmckie.bsky.social and @cloelogan.bsky.social for their @cajournalists.bsky.social award nominations today! Nominations are for data journalism and environment and climate change reporting, the core of our work.
The Conservative Leader’s push to constitutionalize private property could flip the entire understanding of Crown sovereignty and title, legal scholars say.
Ford’s latest bill collides with cities’ efforts to phase out gas in buildings. great work by @cloelogan.bsky.social for @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/16/n...
Ontario government relaxes booze rules in parks. @nationalobserver.com
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Canada cuts fuel taxes as IMF warns of economic impact 'spillover' from Iran oil shock.
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Ford’s airport plan also reflects his growing obsession with Toronto’s waterfront and a broader pattern of stepping into the city’s territory and taking control of key assets and revenue streams. for @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/12/n...
Critics say the overhaul is the latest step in the Ford government’s long-running effort to curb the influence of conservation authorities — agencies that have pushed back against the government’s moves to fast-track development.
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The facility is a 4.2-million-square-foot factory in WIndson, Ont., built by South Korea’s LG Energy Solution, and represents roughly a $5-billion investment, the company said on Thursday.
Canadians are tossing out electronics faster than ever — many before they break — a trend researchers say will double the country’s e-waste by the end of the decade. for @nationalobserver.com
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The government wouldn't give us a list of data centres seeking power in Ontario.
So, we built one ourselves.
What @rorywh.bsky.social and I found: at least 15 projects drawing a combined 2,202 MW: more electricity than 2 million homes.
#OnPoli for @nationalobserver.com 🧵
According to Poilievre’s plan, a stockpile would strengthen Canada’s resilience and negotiating position while remaining sovereign assets. An expert claims the real vulnerability is not a lack of minerals but a lack of domestic processing.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre used a wide-ranging speech in Toronto on Thursday to argue that slow permits, high taxes, changing rules and development “bans” weakened Canada’s trade position. by @matinsarfraz.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/26/n...
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre used a wide-ranging speech in Toronto on Thursday to argue that slow permits, high taxes, changing rules and development “bans” weakened Canada’s trade position.
Nearly two million Ontarians searched online last year for help repairing phones, appliances, vehicles and equipment instead of replacing them — a sign of growing frustration with products that are hard or too expensive to fix, advocates say.
Dozens of municipalities across the province are now joining the push to make Enbridge pay for the right of way it has used for decades for free. for @nationalobserver.com Ca.www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/23/news/ontario-...
The filmmaker who was supposed to make this residential school denial film had a YouTube account full of Nazi propaganda, Holocaust denial, caustic racism and antisemitism and conspiracy theories.
Too much even for Juno News.
The project — Kinross Gold’s Great Bear mine near Red Lake town — is the first gold mine to move through Ontario’s new “One Project, One Process” framework. for @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/19/n...
Nearly five million tonnes of salt has been added to Toronto’s lakes, rivers and groundwater over the past four decades that never would have been there if not for the city’s road salting — and that's not accounting for private spaces, @cloelogan.bsky.social reports.
"Well they can drill or they can mine,
On my smouldering bones,
This my prairie,
And this is my home."
How the guy who wrote that line presents a different vision of Albertans to a world that more often sees a caricature.
In the aftermath of the Tumbler Ridge shooting, the shooter's trans identity has prompted disinformation the BC Human Rights Commissioner called "incorrect, irresponsible and frankly dangerous."
But other rumours have pinned the shooter's motive on far-right ideology — an explanation experts doubt.
Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Ford said Trump’s claims that the United States should own at least half of the bridge and it was built with “virtually no US content" are “fiction,” arguing the project is too important to both economies to be derailed.
As the Region of Waterloo struggles with a growing water shortage, recent council meetings have been dominated by debate over provincial water-taking permits in the region. for @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/06/n...
Important reporting from my colleague @matinsarfraz.bsky.social
PM Carney's new auto strategy dropped Feb. 5.
Out: the EV availability standard (which would have required 100% EV sales by 2035)
In: a $2.3B EV rebate program and more stringent tailpipe emissions regs (aiming for 75 percent EV adoption rate by 2035)
In a statement to Canada’s National Observer, an ICE spokesperson said the vehicles will be used “to keep officers and the public safe” during what the agency described as “high-risk lawful immigration enforcement activities.”
This is the first time the agency has confirmed the contract.
A survey by the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) shows Canadians overwhelmingly love winter sports and many want fossil fuel companies removed from Olympic sponsorship because of climate change concerns. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/03/n...
