Proud to win silver in the Climate Action Reporting category at the Atlantic Journalism Awards in Halifax tonight, for a story in the Atlantic Salmon Journal. And congratulations to @cloelogan.bsky.social and @nationalobserver.com for winning Gold!

An oil windfall giveaway didn’t buy Ralph Klein much love when he tried it. It won’t make Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s political problems disappear either. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/19/o...

Premier Doug Ford is criticizing the federal government for not funding his government's controversial fast-tracked development in Ontario's Ring of Fire region. For @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/18/n...

Within weeks of emerging online, the "15-minute cities" conspiracy theory had jumped into real life, fuelling a powerful kickback to local planning and environmental initiatives that would have previously left most citizens unbothered.

A group of determined Canadian youth and climate ENGOs are taking the feds to court for backsliding on climate policy. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/16/n...

Rare CNO IRL moment at the @cajournalists.bsky.social awards!!! Feat @rorywh.bsky.social and @davidmckie.bsky.social's silver award in the data journalism category :) ( @natashabulowski.bsky.social, @jameswsthomson.com )

Battery projects beat gas plants in Ontario's latest power auction as the province secured 640 megawatts (MW) of new storage capacity to help meet growing electricity demand. Via @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/12/n...

New: When are new dog parks and community gardens potentially a bad idea? When they’re done in a crappy way as a developer tax loophole… “The problem arises when cities open the floodgates without clear standards.” My comments, among others, are included in this new @nationalobserver.com article.

The land *was* being taxed at a business rate. But in the fall of 2025, the Little Mountain developer converted two portions of it to community gardens and dog parks, which are taxed at a lower rate.

The kelp forest in the northern Salish Sea was gone before anyone knew how much had been lost. Then Brian Timmer opened a box of 1972 photographs.

Not everyone is thrilled about the high-speed train project that will someday run from Toronto to Quebec City. Some farmers say their land will be cleaved in half by the route. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/11/n...

When the catastrophe strikes the place you love, do you run or do you stay? What does it teach you?

The petition asked signers to endorse prohibiting new coal mining in the Rockies on the grounds it needlessly risks harming the environment, particularly water.

New mayors' group throws elbows up for climate policy www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/08/n...

The region is home to some of Canada’s largest stone fruit and wine industries, both of which have struggled in recent years due to cold snaps and other extreme weather events that devastated harvests.

The mayor of Terrace, BC took aim at Alberta separatist sentiments in a meeting with Alberta government representatives. “I'm not interested in doing business in pipelines with another country,” Sean Bujtas said. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/08/n...

NEW from me at @nationalobserver.com: Yesterday, a group of climate conscious municipal leaders met on the sidelines of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to strategize on how to bring the climate crisis back on the agenda. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/08/n...

Elbows Up for Climate has 5 policy aims: a national clean energy grid in every direction, the building of at least 2 million net-zero homes, mass retrofits, heat pumps and solar installations, a national high-speed rail system and a ”national resilience, response and recovery strategy.”

According to the Toronto Port Authority’s annual reports, passenger numbers declined from two million in 2024 to 1.7 million in 2025, and peaked in 2017 and 2018 at 2.8 million passengers.

Findlay's choice to lean into her right-wing credentials worked: she won the party leadership on Saturday by a narrow margin.

A single box in the 49-page document is dedicated to the environmental impacts of AI. It acknowledges that AI data centres require a lot of energy and increase water usage, but does not propose any new actions to curtail this.

NEW from @natashabulowski.bsky.social and myself www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/04/n...

After decades of slow home-building by cities, Ottawa offered them a deal: change the rules that limit where and how homes get built and federal money would follow. But some cities have resisted or reverse parts of their deals — and the consequences have been uneven.

Slate is pushing to build the country’s first “publicly owned AI Factory" in Hamilton on the former Stelco lands. At least 1,200 public comments have been submitted ahead of a city meeting taking place today, mostly expressing opposition and concern.

All key planks of 🇨🇦’s climate plan are now gone, save one – a package of “clean economy tax credits.” Yet as my latest @nationalobserver.com column explains, the program is massively undersubscribed, exposing a policy that simply can’t meet the task at hand. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/03/o...

Opposition parties have joined environmental advocates in calling for an independent financial review of Hwy 413, arguing the project could cost taxpayers up to $18 billion while failing to reduce traffic and damaging the environment @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/03/n...

The recent news that a German conglomerate is buying into Ksi Lisims LNG doesn't mean Justin Trudeau was wrong about the lack of a business case for an east coast terminal. If anything, the case for *west coast* LNG is getting weaker by the day. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/03/o...

We're hiring a reporter to cover provincial affairs in Ontario — let me know if you have any questions about the role.

Civic Searchlight from the @nationalobserver.com. A massive database of council transcripts form 650 Canadian municipalities.

"[A]t the end of a federal discussion paper released May 8 is a proposal so extreme it should stop every Canadian cold: The federal cabinet wants the power to approve projects even if they could wipe out an endangered species forever", @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/28/o...

NEW from me in @nationalobserver.com: To what extent has the leak of Alberta’s list of electors opened the door ro U.S. foreign interference? It depends whom you ask. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/01/n...

Steven Guilbeault has some parting words for his Liberal colleagues. @natashabulowski.bsky.social reports. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/29/n...

🌲💻 Climate, news, and tech nerds! There are TWO job openings right now where my husband @brunodbo.bsky.social works at @nationalobserver.com - the Data Engineering (6 mo. contract) remote position closes TOMORROW. And they’re also looking for a permanent Head of Growth. Great org, and great team!

Pickering council has approved a plan to develop about 1,600 hectares of prime Ontario farmland even though key environmental studies, cost analyses and Indigenous consultation remain incomplete. for @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/27/n...

NEW: “We’re all paying heavily for sprawl, whether we live there or not, and we’re all financially benefitting from infill housing, whether we live there or not.” Happy to be part of this outstanding, devastating, evidence-based article on the BIG COSTS of bad planning. Via @nationalobserver.com.

The Liberals are losing a true climate champion with the pending resignation of Steven Guilbeault. We're all the poorer off without him in parliament. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/27/o...

Calgary's increasing pressure on the suburbs has a lot of drawbacks for the environment, for businesses and for the liveability of a city. It’s also the most expensive way to build, says @brenttoderian.bsky.social.