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US Election 2024

Trump picks Scott Turner as secretary of Department of Housing and Urban Development

President-elect Trump has officially nominated Scott Turner as the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Turner,…

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US Election 2024

Trump train chugs past 2020 margins, particularly among Hispanics, urban Northeasterners

President-elect Donald Trump has secured victory in the 2024 election, with a significant boost in support from key voting blocs,…

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Politics

Downtown businesses association demands bail reform to restore public safety on urban streets

Businesses in cities and main streets across the country say a “humanitarian crisis is playing out in” Canada’s communities and…

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Canada

With Green Line demands, Danielle Smith and UCP become urban transit planners

There appeared to be a sense of frustration and resignation as Mayor Jyoti Gondek expressed interest this week in thrusting…

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Canada

Climate change is pushing wildfires closer to urban areas. Firefighters say they’re not prepared

Firefighter Joe Triff thinks back to last year’s devastating wildfires, which forced thousands to evacuate Halifax’s suburbs and then reduced more than…

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Politics

Is urban flooding becoming a more pressing threat as Canada’s infrastructure ages?

After multiple water main breaks and floods across the country this summer, municipalities and experts are warning that urban flooding…

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Canada

How fire ready is Edmonton? What one of Canada’s largest urban park means for wildfire risk

As an out-of-control wildfire rages on in Jasper National Park, many Edmontonians have wondered about the wildfire risk in their home…

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Tech

Can urban parks protect biodiversity as they welcome more visitors?

Behind a line of fencing in the woodlands of Mount Royal Park, a white trillium plant is slowly gaining strength,…

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Tech

Even gardens have a carbon footprint. Here’s how to reduce the climate impact of urban farming

Urban gardening might seem fairly innocuous when it comes to its overall carbon footprint, but when compared to conventional agriculture,…

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Halifax

Halifax poverty rate highest of urban centres in Canada: United Way report

United Way Halifax paints a grim and detailed picture of poverty in Nova Scotia’s largest municipality in its 36-page poverty…

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