Forests Debunking old-growth forest claims in British Columbianationalobserver.com - By Jens Wieting That’s the gist of B.C. government MLAs’ responses when pressed on what the province of British Columbia is doing about the ongoing destruction of …
Climate Environmental rights are human rights, especially in a changingnationalobserver.com - By Peter Wood Above a certain ambient temperature, the human body starts shutting down, incapable of cooling itself. This was the case for many of the 66 people …
Climate Climate change number 1 concern for Canadians, poll saysnationalobserver.com - By Stephanie Wood Not long ago, Catherine McKenna told National Observer she thinks the Liberals have done everything they could to fight climate change over the past …
Urbanization Cities are driving evolution at a rapid ratenationalobserver.com - By Srivindhya Kolluru This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 220 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. In …
Canada Canada Proud spending campaign donations at founder’s company,nationalobserver.com - By Emma McIntosh More than $111,000 in donated campaign cash spent by Canada Proud, one of the largest third-party groups trying to sway voters in the federal …
Canada Crowdfunding a new challenge for Canada's election watchdogsnationalobserver.com - By Justin Ling Patron has long billed himself as a Bitcoin expert, even writing a book on the digital currency. He is now the leader of the Canadian Nationalist …
Third instance of Trudeau in skin-darkening makeup emergesnationalobserver.com - By The Canadian Press It won't be campaigning as usual for Justin Trudeau today as a third instance of the Liberal leader wearing skin-darkening makeup has emerged. A video …
Mountie who alleged unrelenting harassment loses final bid to sue RCMPnationalobserver.com - By Colin Perkel An RCMP officer who accused his superiors of waging an unrelenting campaign to ruin his career lost his 12-year battle to sue the force for …
Appeal court rules 3-2 in favour of law that slashed Toronto citynationalobserver.com - By Paola Loriggio Ontario's top court has upheld a provincial law that slashed the size of Toronto's city council nearly in half last year, saying the unexpected move …
Ottawa loses in court battle with Bangladesh over alleged coup plotternationalobserver.com - By Jim Bronskill Bangladesh has won a round in its court battle with Canada over a man accused of taking part in a 1975 coup that resulted in the death of the south …
Manitoba premier promises plastic bag ban, liquor delivery in secondnationalobserver.com - By Steve Lambert Manitoba may become the next province to ban single-use plastic bags to help the environment. Prince Edward Island started in July and a ban is close …
International group takes pass on monitoring election due to limitednationalobserver.com - By Lee Berthiaume An international body that specializes in monitoring elections is skipping this year's Canadian election due to limited resources despite questions …
Schools can borrow Second World War artifacts through Canadian Warnationalobserver.com - By Holly McKenzie-Sutter Classrooms across Canada can borrow sets of Second World War artifacts and reproductions in the second instalment of a popular learning tool provided …
Trump bars California from setting stricter fuel standardsnationalobserver.com - By Associated Press President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that his administration is revoking California's authority to set auto mileage standards stricter than …
Assisted-death lawsuit adjourned, government evidence widensnationalobserver.com - By Laura Kane The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association and a woman with a degenerative illness have adjourned their lawsuit challenging the federal …
Transport Canada Conservation groups want U.S. to pressure Canada to protect rightnationalobserver.com - By Keith Doucette The U.S. government is being urged to pressure Canada to do more to protect the endangered North American right whale population in order to avoid a …
Oil price drops for 2nd day as Saudi crude output recoversnationalobserver.com - By Associated Press The price of oil fell Wednesday after Saudi officials announced oil production halted by an attack on the heart of its oil industry would be fully …
Students Some Canadian schools, colleges move to accommodate climate strikesnationalobserver.com - By Paola Loriggio Students in Canada are expected to participate in climate demonstrations beginning this Friday, and some school boards are moving to allow — even …
Icon version of the Flipboard logoPeople's Party of Canada Even before #brownface, the 2019 federal election was always aboutnationalobserver.com - By Fatima Syed If you have been paying close attention to the last eight days of the 2019 federal election campaign (and the months before that), you would note …
Justin Trudeau Trudeau apologizes for wearing brownface to Arabian Nights party innationalobserver.com - By Carl Meyer Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized to Canadians on Wednesday for dressing up in brownface when he was a 29-year-old teacher in Vancouver in …
Andrew Scheer Federal party leaders make promises requiring provincial collaborationnationalobserver.com - By Joanna Smith The Liberals and New Democrats are both making promises that would need some collaboration with the provinces to become reality, at a time when …
Brian Mulroney Brian Mulroney officially opens university institute in N.S. thatnationalobserver.com - By Michael MacDonald Former prime minister Brian Mulroney officially opened an institute of government named after him at St. Francis Xavier University in central Nova …
Vaping Vaping-related illness confirmed in London, Ont., believed to benationalobserver.com - By Liam Casey A youth from London, Ont., has been diagnosed with a severe respiratory illness related to vaping, local health officials said Wednesday. The …
Alberta Alberta inquiry into oil and gas foes could face legal challenge fromnationalobserver.com - By Lauren Krugel An environmental law group is threatening legal action if the Alberta government's inquiry into the funding of oil and gas industry foes continues as …
N.S. senior whose birthday card request drew international responsenationalobserver.com - By Morgan Lowrie A Nova Scotia widower who received thousands of birthday cards last year after his daughter asked people to mail him their best wishes for his 92nd …
National University of Singapore Forest fires 16,000km away affect Singaporenationalobserver.com - By Audrey Tan This story originally appeared in The Straits Times. It is republished here as part of the National Observer's partnership with Covering Climate Now, a …
FBI RCMP commissioner says info in FBI probe led to arrest ofnationalobserver.com - By Jim Bronskill An RCMP employee charged with trying to disclose secret information was discovered after a joint probe with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation …
Oil Suncor CEO says he's not counting on oil risk premium after Saudinationalobserver.com - By The Canadian Press The CEO of Suncor Energy Inc. says his company isn't counting on higher cash flow despite analyst expectations of a "risk premium" on crude oil …
EPA set to end California's ability to regulate fuel economynationalobserver.com - By Michael Biesecker The Trump administration is poised to revoke California's authority to set auto mileage standards, asserting that only the federal government has the …
