The career of The Globe and Mail reporter @RobynDoolittle is being recognized by World Press Freedom Canada, which is honouring her for dismantling government, corporate and police secrecy with her investigative #journalism . theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via World Press Freedom Canada #PressFreedom

My colleague did a podcast out of Winnipeg called Our Relatives. Police and folks on the street would try to convince them to give up their cats and dogs. Here's the episode: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the…

At universities across the country right now, countless animals in labs are being abused, exploited, and killed.

We must do better as a society. #StopAnimalTests

This is a really a shameful day. There are worthy debates to be had about how to deal with the opioid crisis (which is killing 20 Cdns a day). We should all want our leaders to disagree without being disagreeable. We, as citizens, deserve better than this.

Michener Awards Foundation announces finalists for the 2023 Michener Award for meritorious public service journalism: michenerawards.ca/media-release/…

This is ECOCIDE
Ban these factory ships now from China Norway and elsewhere that are taking the krill food from Antarctica marine life
Krill also sequester a huge amount of carbon slowing global warming

51% of greenhouse gas emissions in the agricultural industry comes from animal production according to the environment commissioner.
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Environment commissioner gives Canada failing grade on Northern contaminated sites
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Hard to find the words here! It feels so inadequate to say how humbled I am to see the Starwhal work on the Greenbelt nominated, especially given how much I look up to the other nominees.

Endlessly grateful to my colleagues, our editors and teams, and to our sources.

Check out my recent article about MPP Sarah Jama being removed from the Ontario Legislature for wearing a keffiyeh.

Crops are getting planted later in the year than ever as killer winter frost delays its arrival in Ontario. Berries in British Columbia devastated by recent climate-driven extreme heat and floods are moving into the controlled climates of vertical farms.

Painful to watch

That image is going to live for a long time.

History will not look kindly on this

1 billion tires are wasted in 1 year

The production of natural rubber has claimed over 4 million hectares of forest in south-east Asia since 1993. We must avoid, shift, and improve.

I’m fond of avocados myself. But their overproduction is destroying the environment, enriching criminal organizations, and leaving local people high and dry.

Canadians should probably know more about what’s going on in the place most of their beloved avocados come from.
Lake Pátzcuaro and other lakes in the Michoacán area are being illegally drained by growers who need 1000l of water to produce 1kg of avocado.

Canadian Forces claimed drone installation location was secret. But then held public consultations about putting facility at Uplands in Ottawa. ‘Secret’ drone installation to be built at Uplands, federal records reveal ottawacitizen.com/news/national/… via @ottawacitizen

If the Sens ever get back into the playoffs and we have another battle of Ontario, we are going to need our own intermission hockey panel. This just won’t do. Looking at you Locked On Senators