Massive forest fires were once the norm. More of Canada has burned this year than any other on record. So it’s climate change, right? Partly, but forests actually used to catch fire like this all the time.
The Post's Tristin Hopper explains.
#forestfires #climatechange
Why "residential school denialism" shouldn't be criminalized – despite most Canadians agreeing that it was a catastrophically bad idea to forcibly remove children from their homes and send them to abusive assimilationist boarding schools.
National Post's Tristin Hopper explains.
#residentialschool
Support Land Back? How about giving your house to a First Nation?
Land Back is a movement to restore Indigenous sovereignty to North American lands, and even official Trudeau government communications have used the phrase. Most Indigenous people would agree that what’s even better than Land Back bumper stickers is actual land.
National Post's Tristin Hopper weighs in.
#LandBack #indigenouspeople
Who are Canada's “Laurentian elite”? The term refers to a rich well-connected cadre who grew up within the watershed of the Saint Lawrence river and basically run the country. Justin Trudeau and David Johnston would be good examples. National Post's Tristin Hopper has more.
#laurentianelites
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Chalk River, Ontario was the site of one of the world's first nuclear reactors. In 1952, it became the site of the world's first nuclear meltdown. A technician had turned a dial in the wrong direction, causing an explosion and a massive leak of radioactive water. National Post's Tristin Hopper reports.
#ChalkRiver #nuclearmeltdown
We Canadians generally like to believe that the people who immigrate here are having a good time. But data keeps emerging to show that newcomers aren’t as enthralled with the Great White North as they once were. National Post's Tristin Hopper weighs in.
#Canada #Immigrants
On the latest episode of True Crime Byline, reporter Aedan Helmer vividly remembers what it was like on Sept. 22, 2015 when the police scanner crackled with the news that three women had been killed – and the killer was still on the loose.
True Crime Byline is a podcast by Postmedia and @anticaproductions. In each episode, host @radiogoldhar talks to journalists about the cases that made their careers, changed the way they see the world and continue to haunt them.
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It's now been one year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Here's all the military aid Canada has sent thus far. National Post's Tristin Hopper breaks it down.
#Ukraine #Russia #CanadianArmedForces
Here's something that doesn't happen often: a Canadian politician admits fault and resigns. Specifically, Toronto Mayor john Tory copped to an affair with a staffer and said he will step down. This is odd for a couple reasons. National Post's Tristin Hopper breaks it down.
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