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On January 26, Winnipeg police evicted organizers from Thunderbird House, an Indigenous community centre which they had occupied for the past year in protest of its board of directors, who…

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Calls by disability advocates and the UN to halt an expansion of medically assisted death have gone largely unacknowledged by the federal government

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By Cam Scott   Since the successful overthrow of the US-backed Batista government in 1959, and for years of struggle preceding, the Cuban Revolution has been a beacon to the world. […]

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Off the northern tip of Vancouver Island, in the tiny community of Alert Bay, B.C., residents hold deep connections to the land and waters

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Conservation groups warn ‘extinction is not accidental; it is a political choice’ as they ask the Federal Court to rule on delayed critical habitat mapping

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ICE out of Minneapolis!  PV Manitoba Bureau  On January 6, the White House ordered 2,000 additional Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to Minneapolis. Following a year of record ICE […]

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On January 14, the Government of British Columbia announced it would end its decriminalization pilot project, choosing to not renew the federal exemption to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. […]

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Every month, the editorial team at The North Star will publish a roundup of the news to help make sense of what’s happening in a chaotic world, as the media…

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The start of the new year was marked by nearly three weeks of large-scale protests in Iran. Possibly hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets, calling for deep…

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Think of an essential city service and it’s likely a blue collar city worker is the one who’s doing it: snow removal, garbage collection, road and park maintenance. But for…

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The province’s drug decriminalization experiment lowered arrests and reduced harm—but it failed a different political test

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Zachee Nzeyimana and Ken Johnston walk through farmland between Guelph and Fergus, Ont., while retracing an Underground Railroad route from Niagara Falls to Owen Sound.

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Canada Pension Plan invested at least $7.1 billion in new fossil fuel and pipeline assets over a recent 12-month period, report says

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An illustration of a crow, eagle, owl, hummingbird, and goose with the text 'Lovebirds of Canada: a Narwhal quiz to find your feathered soulmate'

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There has been significant unrest in Minnesota over the past few weeks. After a year of Trump and repeated declarations of opposition, it is in this northern state that the…

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The proposed Crawford Nickel mine outside Timmins, Ont., is receiving millions of public dollars to figure out how to decarbonize its operations, and those of others

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‘Leery to draw any solid conclusions’: The impacts of Winnipeg’s recent transit overhaul, which disproportionately cut service in low-income neighbourhoods, are anything but clear-cut

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Lobbyists and anti-abortion activists on influential body are a contrast to Conservative Party’s public messaging

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One year after being forced back to work by the federal government, postal workers still do not have a ratified collective agreement and are calling for action. Their fight against…

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Targeting the most vulnerable is a slippery slope toward weakening public health for all

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Canada’s farmers rely on federal research to help them overcome drought and pests. Now, Agriculture Canada is closing facilities and cutting 12 per cent of its workforce, while climate pressures mount

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The Hudson Bay region, home to polar bears, belugas and seals, has been dubbed ‘one of the most ecologically significant marine environments on the planet’

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SaskPower plans to spend $900 million to extend the life of coal-fired power plants, in spite of federal plans to stop burning coal for electricity by 2030

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One month into the year and the Alberta government has been busy. From nuclear power to hunting, here’s what you need to know, environmentally speaking

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They will not give up. Nearly four years to the day after receiving an eviction notice in January 2022, the residents of Résidence Mont-Carmel are continuing their legal battle against…

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