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A nuclear shift buoyed by billions — and the waters of the Great Lakes

A new nuclear power plant on the shores of Lake Michigan is just the beginning of nuclear expansion in the Great Lakes basin ...
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Keith Schneider

Keith Schneider is the senior editor and chief correspondent of Circle of Blue. Keith writes from his home in northern ...
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‘Get ready’: Manitoba premier is serious about oil and gas industry’s interest in Hudson Bay

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says plans for a trade corridor through the Port of Churchill are getting serious — though some ...
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In southern Ontario, the land remembers

Ken Johnston walked from Niagara Falls to Owen Sound, tracing the Underground Railroad forged by Harriet Tubman and Black ...
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Life on ‘Na̱mg̱is territory, at the edge of the ocean

Off of Vancouver Island’s rugged north coast, the tiny community of Alert Bay, on ‘Na̱mg̱is territory, is a place of deep ...
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A mining company says new tech could help it manage risk to groundwater

Researchers at the University of Manitoba have a new partnership with Sio Silica to improve groundwater monitoring at the ...
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B.C.’s critical minerals push to reshape the province — fast and without consent?

British Columbia is pushing through mining projects as Premier David Eby confirms his desire to make changes to DRIPA and prioritize critical minerals ...
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As grocery prices climb, one farmer bets on growing African staples in B.C.

Canadian Black Farmers Association founder Toyin Kayo-Ajayi wants to build a sustainable economy for African foods in the Fraser Valley ...
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The energy boom is coming for Great Lakes water

How the region powers its growth, on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border, will determine the future of the Great Lakes ...
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The BC NDP promised to phase out glyphosate. Forestry companies are still spraying

The use of glyphosate in B.C. forestry has declined, but a group advocating for a ban says spraying even small areas can have an outsized impact ...
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Canada’s biggest nickel mine could store carbon in its waste rock — if all goes to plan

In 2006, scientists descended upon a remote open-pit mine in Australia to study air that turns into rock. Like many mines, after churning through rock to get at a mineral, the Mount Keith nickel mine ...
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As B.C. stokes its economic engine, Eby says reconciliation law is in the way

The B.C. government has big plans to tackle the $13.3-billion deficit racked up in recent years. The key to getting the province back in the black, according to Finance Minister Brenda Bailey, is ...