Another season of wildfires, but is the coverage evolving?

Fatigués d’entendre parler de la crise climatique dans les médias? Vous n’êtes pas seuls. Dans cet épisode, on revient sur 20 ans de couverture médiatique de l’environnement et on s’interroge sur l’élaboration de nouvelles pratiques journalistiques pour mieux en parler. Tired of hearing about the climate crisis in the media? You’re not alone. Today, we look back on twenty years of climate change coverage and discuss the creation of better journalistic practices to communicate about the environment.

The tale generally goes like this: Gen Z is disconnected, disinterested, and buried so deep into their screens that they don't care about the politics going on around them.

With electricity demand set to rise and Pickering’s nuclear plant set to close, Doug Ford’s government is now scrambling to keep the province’s lights on.

Our changing perception of the Nova Scotia mass shooter's partner Lisa Banfield. And thwarting the apocalypse through journalism. Sarah Lawrynuik co-hosts. 

Raging wildfires are now a normal part of summertime in Canada. Climate change comes at you fast, but the impact of these fires is far from equal across different regions. Those most likely to have to flee their homes are Indigenous people, and this disproportionate risk is only growing. The number of evacuees from First Nation reserves doubled over the last decade. Producer Sarah Lawrynuik travels to a remote Manitoba community to look at what fire has done to one community, and examines the implications for tens of thousands of other people in the years to come.

"Whiplash" between extreme wet and dry is becoming the new normal

Canada might be a water-rich country, but that doesn't mean we don't have problems with water security. This week, we look at water issues in the most arid part of Canada, the Prairies, and see how climate change and city planning are both exacerbating the problem.

With deals for affordable childcare now in place across the country, we compare what each province got and discuss what this process might reveal for future programs, like pharmacare. And we dive into the good, the bad and the ugly of the government’s Emissions Reductions Plan.