When Rideau Carleton Raceway’s paddock burned down on Feb. 15, the Ottawa racing community had to act quickly to save racing in the national capital region.
National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21, was marked by the local chapter of the United Canadian Métis Nation with a celebration at Sechelt’s Seaside Centre.
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Coordinated attacks by people with a good understanding of how the grid works could potentially overwhelm the system, triggering cascades of blackouts over broad areas.
Faced with an escalating climate crisis impacting millions of people across the country, a recent Supreme Court decision restricting environmental protections, and the passage of the most significant climate legislation in U.S. history, this year’s U.S. Senate debates could have provided viewers and voters with an opportunity to learn how candidates plan to address climate change and related issues. Out of the five Senate debates monitored by Media Matters in 2022 in Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania only one included discussion about climate change. There are many salient issues this midterm election, but climate change is still top-of-mind for many voters. Unfortunately, their climate concerns were mostly ignored during key debates we monitored. Even urgent climate issues such as the historic Mississippi River drought were ignored, while ostensible climate issues like fracking were instead framed through a narrow political lens.