For Native Americans, coronavirus looks heartbreakingly familiar
Perhaps no community in North America has been more shaped by infectious disease than Native tribes. Overcoming today’s crisis means turning to deep wells of resilience.
Read moreAttack on climate action under Trump? It happened in Canada.
Donald Trump won’t be the first person to lead a Western democracy after a campaign dismissive of climate change. Canada and Australia have been there before.
Read moreA spectrum of anxiety mounts as unusual weather floods North America’s farm belt
Torrential rains are swelling the banks of rivers from central Manitoba down to St. Louis. As a result, flooding threatens much of the North American heartland, and climate change is seen by many as a key culprit
Read moreMoving shale oil across melting tundra: huge and potentially risky business
Residents and others familiar with the treacherous northern Manitoba terrain are nervous about a plan to ship oil by rail there, even with the prospect of oil riches flowing into this isolated and job-hungry town
Read moreProposed LNG exports spark controversy in British Columbia
The breakneck development of natural gas in British Columbia has raised a few environmental and political objections, the majority coming from First Nations, who have been living on the business end of development in for years
Read moreWhy the Mohawks are no longer walking the high steel
Mohawks from the Kahnawake reserve outside Montreal have helped build New York City for 100 years, but now their most famous tradition is declining
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