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Thirteen years since the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster
Victims of the disaster still haven’t seen justice—and recent court decisions have made things worse
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Panama, Alberta: Canada and the return of U.S. hemispheric imperialism
The U.S. and Canada’s partnership is collapsing under the “Trump Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine—a plan for complete dominance of the Western hemisphere.
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The soldier, the banker, the oil tanker
Fossil fuels and dollar-dominated financial architecture underpin the U.S. empire. Dismantling them will bring it down.
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The Gaza world order
Israel’s ongoing genocide is the fascists’ blueprint for the world they seek to construct
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Years of lead in the Silicon Valley
Tech oligarchs are building a world of technologically enabled authoritarianism. They’re no longer attempting to hide it.
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A branch plant for bombs
Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy aims for diversification, but has no roadmap.
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Most-favoured nation on a hill: Surviving the new U.S. trade exceptionalism
Canadian trade policy should be made supportive of building resilient domestic economies at home and abroad.
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Closing the gaps: Gender pay inequity in Atlantic Canada
New report finds persistent gender pay gaps across Atlantic Canada, calls for stronger action on pay equity
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Protecting Manitoba’s publicly funded housing
A look at Manitoba’s new Housing and Renewal Corporation Amendment Act
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The post-secondary transition experiences of Indigenous and racialized students
CEDA Pathways graduates need more support in their post-secondary transition
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Manitoba housing needs and rental housing data 2025-26
This report provides extensive data to understand housing need and the affordability of rental housing in Manitoba for lower income households.
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Realizing potential: Reflections on policy responses to displaced persons in Manitoba
Supports available to newcomers under the special cohort-based initiatives for displaced Syrians, Afghans, and Ukrainians model what’s possible for Manitoba, and Canada.
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Why is the BC government targeting Victoria’s elected school board?
Democracy, waste, and the anatomy of a completely preventable fiasco
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Back to Blakeney: Keeping oil industry super-profits in Saskatchewan
The province has implemented excess profits taxes on the oil industry before. With no end in sight to the Iran war, it…
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Taxing billionaires — just like everyone else
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press on June 10, 2026.
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Le déficit de financement des écoles de l’Ontario continue de s’accroître depuis 2018, pour atteindre les 6,5 milliards de dollars
Le sous-financement chronique est le problème; ce n’est pas la mauvaise gestion financière. On demande aux écoles année après année d’en faire…
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Panama, Alberta: Canada and the return of U.S. hemispheric imperialism
The U.S. and Canada’s partnership is collapsing under the “Trump Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine—a plan for complete dominance of the Western…
