One Last Dispatch From a Changing Arctic
The North is a dynamic, fast-changing region, one that lives up to its stereotypes one day and then utterly confounds them the next.
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Finding Ross’ Gold
With marijuana legalization on the horizon in Canada, Pacific Standard catches up with Ross Rebagliati, Olympic athlete and prohibition poster boy from the ’90s.
Can Canada’s New Prime Minister Back Up His Talk on Climate Change With Meaningful Action?
Under Justin Trudeau, Canada has a chance to make amends for a decade of climate inaction. But if it’s ever to catch up, it needs to start right now.
What Does Justin Trudeau Really Think About Tar Sands and Climate Change?
The complicated environmental policies of Canada’s new prime minister.
What Will Justin Trudeau Do in the Arctic?
Canadians voted for change this week. What does that mean for the North?
Finding Canada’s Team
What does fandom look like in the home city of Canada’s only Major League Baseball team?
Dividing a River Is Tough Business
A new study finds that the Alberta government allows tar-sands companies to take dangerously high amounts of water from the Athabasca River.
Who’s the Boss in the Peel Watershed? Part II
The fate of a wilderness area the size of Ireland will be decided in a Yukon courtroom.
