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"Canada's Top Court Backs Alberta Challenge To Trudeau Environment Law"

"Canada's Supreme Court dealt a blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government on Friday by ruling that a federal law assessing how major projects such as coal mines and oil sands plants impact the environment is largely unconstitutional."

Source: Reuters, 10/16/2023
November 8, 2023

CJF Webcast: Is Climate Solutions Journalism the Solution?

This virtual Canadian Journalism Foundation J-Talk event will bring together climate journalists, academics and editors who are telling the climate story to discuss how to make climate journalism more engaging and impactful with global audiences. 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET.

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October 13, 2023

DEADLINE: Michelle Lang Fellowship

Early-career journalists: Apply for this paid, virtual fellowship, working stints for the National Post and Postmedia. Learn the differences in reporting for a major metro market and for a national audience, and deliver a special project on a topic of primary importance to Canadians. Apply by Oct 13, 2023.

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Report Clears Alberta Officials After Oilsands Leak Went Unreported For 9 Months

"A review commissioned by the board of directors at the Alberta Energy Regulator says there are no concerns with the way the organization handled seepage and a subsequent spill at Imperial Oil’s Kearl oilsands mine in northern Alberta."

Source: The Narwhal, 09/28/2023

"‘We Can’t Drink Oil’: How A 70-Year-Old Pipeline Imperils The Great Lakes"

"Tribes say Line 5 is a ‘ticking time bomb’ for the Great Lakes, which contain a fifth of the Earth’s surface fresh water, and risks destroying their relationship with land and water".

Source: Guardian, 09/27/2023

"Wildfire Fighters Describe A Mental Health Crisis On The Frontlines"

"Extreme working conditions, low pay and high turnover are leading to a crisis exacerbated by more intense wildfires. Eighteen firefighters tell their stories of the mental toll — from burnout to PTSD to the loss of peers to suicide."

Source: The Narwhal, 09/21/2023

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