Ontario and the federal government have agreed to extend the national affordable child-care program in the province for another four years, but it may not live up to its signature goal — lowering pare...

Every Toronto intersection the City has counted, mapped by how its traffic splits between cars, trucks, buses, people walking and people cycling.

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A coalition of Ontario health-care workers gathered in downtown Toronto on Tuesday to denounce the provincial government’s plan to remove bike lanes on three major roadways across the city.

After the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) shot down CycleTO’s legally innovative charter challenge that sought to stop Doug Ford’s attack on the city’s bike lanes, Queen’s Park wasted little time befor...

An NDP MP and residential school survivors are pushing for the federal government to make permanent some funding programs that help communities address trauma.

Ahead of this week’s vote on whether to freeze data-centre development for a year, city councillors seeking re-election are suddenly taking a firm stance in response to public outcry

Forget your carbon footprint. Find the actions that grow your carbon wave — and see how big it gets when people act together.

As Trump’s US rakes in oilsands profits, we’re sold a clouded narrative of energy sovereignty.

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In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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As long as Donald Trump hovers menacingly over the country, Carney has enormous leeway to remake Canada in ways that would — under normal circumstances — alarm many Canadians.

Migrants make Canada work. We care for children and elders, grow food, build homes, and keep communities running. But the government is pushing migrants out instead of giving people equal rights.…

ENGLISH Migrants make Canada work. We care for children and elders, grow food, build homes, and keep communities running. But the government is pushing migrants out instead of giving people equal righ...

The private lab—owned by a U.S. corporation—oversaw a relative drop in workers’ wages. Manitoba stepped in on the side of the company.

After being denied by the Non-Insured Health Benefits program, the 31-year-old cardiac patient missed four appointments outside her community

The care economy is looking tempting to foreign investors but that mustn’t be used as a reason to privatize sectors like health.

Trump administration boasts of cutting $1.73bn already allocated for cycling improvements to city streets

For now, it is Palestinians who are being killed and displaced. But ideologies of supremacy and domination threaten us all, says author Ahdaf Soueif

A counter-summit and protest against the privatization of Canada's public infrastructure and resources. Toronto, September 12–14, 2026.

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The “unsustainable spending” narrative obscures where the growth pressure really sits — and who has to bear it.

Today, many Alberta doctors can now work in private clinics, billing patients’ credit cards while working in the public system at the same time. The Alberta government has taken this extraordinary ste...

As the school year starts, the non-profit environmental association Green Communities Canada is continuing its efforts to implement pilot projects clearing regular student dropoff zones of cars.

250+ organizations across Canada are standing with Portage students and defending migrants’ right to speak out, organize and protest. Migrants are part of our movements. We will not allow immigration…

The Togo-sponsored resolution was backed by 164 nations - with the US as the only nation to vote against it.

The deluge capped a summer of extreme climate events, from deadly heatwaves to wildfires. We must take action now

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In 2020, the politics of racial justice appeared to be everywhere: the killing of George Floyd sparked one of the largest protest movements in American history, and progressive ideas about policing, p...

The Yukon Conservation Society recently took to social media to encourage people to use plug-in solar panels, a technology rapidly growing in popularity in the face of rising energy costs. The Yukon g...

ObjectivesTo examine how public health activities addressing extreme heat align with Canada’s Essential Public Health Functions; the roles taken by public he...

As AI eats the web, the internet’s collective memory is disappearing

Premier Doug Ford’s government can rip out 19 kilometres of protected bike lanes in Toronto, the Court of Appeal for Ontario has ruled in a decision released Friday, reversing a lower court decision m...

With Canadian oil majors posting blockbuster war-fuelled profits, it's time for an excess profits tax, Jim Stanford writes.

Fair Work Commission issues a new minimum standards order for gig workers to come into effect 17 August Delivery drivers in Australia will be paid a minimum rate of $31.30 an hour and insured for injuries on the job under a landmark agreement approved by the industrial umpire. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) on Tuesday issued a new minimum standards order for gig workers who perform on-demand delivery of food, drinks, or groceries, and the operators of the digital platforms who engage their services. Continue reading...

While many leaders compare the wildfire crisis to the second world war, governments fail to adopt the real lessons of pre-emptive wartime action