Inside Ukraine’s kill zone

Two First Nations in northwestern Ontario are allowing a mining project to move forward after completing what they say is the province’s first Anishinaabe-led impact assessment (ALIA) — but they aren’t supporting or opposing the development.
Cat Lake First Nation and Lac Seul First Nation say they’ve authorized the project, but only if First Mining Gold meets 35 negotiated terms.

Premier Doug Ford’s government is on pace to sit for the fewest days of any Ontario government over the past five decades in a year when voters aren’t headed to the polls.
And experts warn the decision to shorten the calendar at Queen’s Park comes with its strategic benefits — and pitfalls — for the Tories as the legislature settles into a 21-week break.

Five years after the historic heat dome over British Columbia, CBC’s Johanna Wagstaffe checks in on the ecosystems that were pushed past their breaking point. From the intertidal zones of the Strait of Georgia to the forest canopy, the latest data reveals a reshuffling of nature’s "winners and losers." While some species are locked in a slow-motion collapse, others are showing surprising resilience, providing a critical blueprint for who survives the next extreme heat event.