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Business

Give Alberta Oil Back to the People

November 27, 2019November 27, 2019 - by Linda McQuaig

Norway has banked more than $1 trillion—all thanks to its state-owned oil company. Should Alberta follow its model?

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Image of a Polluted City
Environment

Should Oil Companies Be on the Hook for Climate Change Costs?

January 26, 2018November 11, 2019 - by Christopher Pollon

From wild fires to rising sea levels, ecological disasters are expected to cost Canada $5 billion per year by 2020—and some communities want big oil to pay its share

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Photograph by Valerian Mazataud
Environment / Web Exclusives

The Other Pipeline

November 26, 2015November 11, 2019 - by Ben Powless

The proposed Energy East project will traverse six provinces and some of the most sensitive ecosystems in the country

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Photograph by tuchodi
Politics / Web Exclusives

Green Peace River

September 24, 2015July 9, 2019 - by Andrea Bennett

Liz Biggar divided her oil-and-gas town. Now she’s running for election

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Illustration by Ashley MacKenzie
May 2015 / Society

In Denial

April 20, 2015November 26, 2019 - by Atom Egoyan

The Armenian genocide, a century later

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Environment / May 2013

Editor’s Note

April 15, 2013July 1, 2016 - by John Macfarlane

The modern green movement was born in Concord, Massachusetts, where Henry David Thoreau wrote The Maine Woods, a book extolling the benefits of conservation. Some of its readers were inspired …

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Photography by John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
Environment / July/August 2012

Ship Spotting

July 12, 2012July 17, 2019 - by Claudia Goodine

Will the Trans Mountain pipeline and Kinder Morgan’s bid to increase oil tanker traffic sink Vancouver’s green ambitions?

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Photograph by Wilkosz and Way
Feature / June 2012

Calgary Reconsidered

June 12, 2012September 9, 2019 - by Chris Turner

Six truths about the city that’s no longer, simply, Cowtown

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January/February 2012 / Sports

Pipeline Offence

January 12, 2012August 17, 2017 - by Kyle Carsten Wyatt

How TransCanada Corporation changed the game for football fans in Nebraska

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Photograph by Garth Lenz
Feature / October 2010

The Last Great Water Fight

October 12, 2010October 16, 2019 - by Chris Wood

The battle for the northern headwaters of the Mackenzie River

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