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Feb 2, 2019

Action needed after Sixties Scoop survivor Greg Ritchie shot by Ottawa Police

Brent Patterson

Will the provincial Special Investigations Unit consider colonialism and systemic racism as contributing factors in the shooting death of Greg Ritchie by Ottawa Police?

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Sep 22, 2018

What is the relationship between tornadoes and climate change?

Brent Patterson

On Friday evening, a tornado hit the Ottawa-Gatineau area with winds of up to 200 kilometres per hour. Can we expect tornadoes to increase with climate change?

News

Feb 19, 2018

Jagmeet Singh's populist rhetoric inspires the NDP convention. What next?

Karl Nerenberg

The NDP leader gave a speech that promised to make the wealthiest pay their share and address inequality. It was, however, short on details, and barely mentioned the environment.

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Mar 6, 2017

With Rachel Notley off to Texas, it helps to understand why Canadians and Texans are naturally simpatico

David J. Climenhaga

I expect the small NDP group will be made to feel right at home today by the nabobs of the petroleum industry in Houston, and will feel naturally at home tomorrow in Austin.

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Feb 24, 2017

Ottawa prepares to hand over historic federal farmland to corporate developers

Ken Billings

The Central Experimental Farm (CEF) in Ottawa is a 1055-acre open-space jewel in a modern metropolis. The government is trying to parcel it out to developers.

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Oct 27, 2016

Thousands of Canadians raise their voices against TPP

Brent Patterson

Council of Canadians delivered a petition to Parliament Hill that was signed by 20,000 to voice concern against the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.

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Oct 13, 2016

Ottawa town hall says Energy East risks waterways

Brent Patterson

Ottawa residents discussed a new 30-page report, which found that a spill from the Energy East Pipeline would have catastrophic consequences.

News

Oct 13, 2016

Harvesting freedom and sowing resistance: Migrant workers in Canada demand permanent immigration status

Binish Ahmed

Navjeet Sidhu

A historic caravan of migrant agricultural workers undertook a 1,500-kilometre journey to Ottawa to rally for permanent immigration status.

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Sep 6, 2016

Ottawa should take the recent protests by Ethiopian Canadians seriously

Yves Engler

Where does Trudeau stand on Ethiopian repression? He can start by reversing his government's near total silence about recent repression in the African country.

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