Fascism is a 'fresh opportunity' Seriously, CBC?
In response to Brazil's election of a wildly neo-fascist president, CBC News is glowing about new opportunities for Canadian mining companies in devastating the Amazon.
View ArticleOh, Canada, don't be smug. Fake news is a real and present threat
Recently, I was asked whether Canada is vulnerable to fake news. So I spent a lot of time over the next three months considering this question and reading about propaganda and misinformation. Here's...
View ArticleDoug Ford cuts to midwives' funding unacceptable
Is it just me, or are you also feeling like Doug Ford just lashed out at women when he slashed funding for the College of Midwives of Ontario?
View Article2019 will be the year of the climate reporter
If 2018 was the year in which government inaction turned back the clock on climate change prevention, 2019 will be the year of the climate reporter.
View ArticleDid I get booed by the People's Party of Canada?
The packed room erupted into applause when I introduced the by-election candidates. It was standing room only.
View ArticleConfronting the Disinformation Age
As the SFU panel wrapped up, Sue Gardner urged Canadians not to go on with business as usual. "The world is f**ked right now. Like seriously. For real. Donald Trump is President. Democracy is crumbling...
View ArticleIntroducing the Election Integrity Reporting Project
The goal of the Election Integrity Project is to identify the online bots, track the dark money and secret funders, and find out more about the suspicious practices of bad actors. We'll focus on...
View ArticleFact-checking Alberta's new premier
Messages in our political discourse need to be meticulously fact-checked and corrected. Here's what we're doing about it.
View ArticleCaroline Orr to lead National Observer's coverage of disinformation and the...
Feminist. Behavioral scientist. Journalist. Caroline Orr studies disinformation, psychological warfare, and the extremes of human behaviour and will be writing about it for you.
View Article'What's it like to be you, Minister McKenna?'
I caught up with Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna after question period last week in her office in Ottawa. She talked about what it's like waking up every morning to a...
View ArticleCanada's domestic climate refugees
When fires cause your community to have to evacuate, climate change ceases to be an abstract political issue and instead becomes something personal.
View ArticlePostmedia owes the public an explanation for Hecht anti-immigration op-ed
Someone at Postmedia was responsible — apparently someone senior enough to green-light it for publication. Who was it?
View ArticleRCMP, let journalists witness Unist'ot'en Camp
Members of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation have fought for many years to keep three pipelines from running through their land in northern B.C. At stake, the protesters say, is their way of life, their...
View ArticleCanadian at work on COVID-19 vaccine is optimistic
Chil-Yong Kang, PhD, professor emeritus, Department of Microbiology and Immunology and his team developed the first and only preventative HIV vaccine and now he's working on a vaccine for COVID-19.
View ArticleMichener Award honours 'Tainted Water' investigation
At a time when the media ranks are shrinking, Canada’s National Observer continues to take deep dives into crucial matters of public policy. Sometimes, we do this through partnerships and...
View ArticleMAGA's spewing propaganda and we can't look away
Truly, in this season filled with economic distress and border closures, masks and militias, snake oil salesmen and demagoguery, the news from America can seem like an assault.
View ArticleTrudeau Liberals shouldn't shelve $100 billion climate plan
As of Sunday, around 4 million acres have been scorched by wildfires in California, Washington and Oregon. These fires are a reminder that for all our struggles with COVID-19, climate change remains...
View ArticleSadhu Johnston, who pushed Vancouver to forefront of global sustainability,...
Vancouver City Manager Sadhu Johnston was a powerful influence in implementing Vancouver’s global climate action leadership, and made a mark nationally in Canada’s urban climate action awakening.
View ArticleHow 9/11 shaped my life and led me to start a new publication in Canada
CEO and editor-in-chief Linda Solomon Wood shares why she started Canada's National Observer, how independent media is vital to preserving democracy and what to expect from us in 2021.
View ArticleWho stepped up for journalism in 2020, and who should do more in 2021?
The Canadian government launched a new program in 2020 to address the hundreds of journalism jobs being lost, the dozens of news organizations being shuttered and the obliteration of the old revenue...
View ArticleOur future investigations
At Canada's National Observer, we have a deep commitment to human rights, to democracy, to social justice, and to leaving behind a better planet for future generations.
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