Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

BIZARRE: Prairie - What They Never Told You

Water flow in prairie watersheds is increasingly unpredictable — but AI could help

In recent years, the Prairies have seen bigger swings in climate conditions — very wet years followed by very dry ones. That makes an already unpredictable landscape even harder to forecast, with real consequences for flood preparedness and water quality.

The Conversation

Canada’s Quiet Boom in Green Jobs

Canada’s economic transition is producing something more tangible than climate rhetoric. Across the Prairies, Ontario, and the country’s fast-growing digital infrastructure sector, renewable energy, battery manufacturing, grid modernization, and AI-linked construction are creating jobs tied to real projects, real facilities, and real local demand.

inkl

Draining wetlands produces substantial emissions in the Canadian Prairies

The value of wetlands on the landscape cannot be overstated — they store and filter water, provide wildlife habitat, cool the atmosphere and sequester carbon. Yet, in the farmland area of Canada’s Prairies, wetlands are being drained to increase crop production and expand urban development.

The Conversation

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Governments, universities and non-profits must work together to safeguard Canada’s lakes and rivers

Recent reports of proposed federal government spending cuts to water monitoring and research strike a particularly ominous note for Canada’s Prairies.

The Conversation

The guerilla campaign to save a Texas prairie from "silent extinction"

Students and naturalists have been sneaking onto private land to extricate threatened native plants: “This is a war between us and the developers, and nobody’s calling uncle.”

The Texas Tribune

Remaking the map: Indiana looks to add 33 counties from Illinois that voted to leave the state

Republicans are considering the proposal after roughly a third of counties in the Prairie state voted to break away

The Independent UK

Prairie Style Homes — A Detailed Guide to this Iconic Architectural Style

This style transformed America’s approach to architecture. Here, experts share how its impact still lingers in today's design

Livingetc

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Frank Lloyd Wright's First Ever Prairie-Style Home Features the Coziest Looking "Inglenook"

The Winslow House is currently on the market, and designers are hoping its architectural fireplace will make a comeback in our homes

Livingetc

Trends come and go, but this is how to give the prairie style look timeless appeal

Prairie style is trending, but if you get the styling right this isn't just a flash-in-the-pan look

Ideal Home

Frank Lloyd Wright architecture: from Prairie House to Guggenheim New York

Frank Lloyd Wright, hailed among the 20th century's greatest architects, has left a rich legacy that inspires to this day; here, we invite you to dive into his world

Wallpaper

Street gangs in South Africa and Canada are worlds apart - but they have a great deal in common

At first glance, it would appear that there’s little in common between the vast plains of the Canadian Prairies and the mountainous swells of South Africa’s southernmost coastline. But take a closer look into cities like Calgary, Winnipeg, and Saskatoon, on one hand, and Cape Town, on the other, and…

The Conversation

South Sider recalls life before the 100K tulips: ‘There was always music in the house’

Vivian Johnson lived in a six-flat at 52nd and Prairie in the Washington Park neighborhood until age 6. The building was destroyed and is today the site of a work by South Side artist Amanda Williams, but Johnson, 88, can still recall what it was like before.

Chicago Sun-Times

The theatre we want in 2040? We used 'strategic foresight' to plan on the Prairies

Does it seem far-fetched to imagine a future where the government subsidizes theatres and theatre artists at a living wage, and land-based art hubs rely heavily on new technologies while nurturing partnerships to grow and tend gardens?

The Conversation

Small Minnesota town may become focus of abortion fight

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota's newest abortion battleground might be a town of 500 people on the western prairie.

Tribune News Service

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Benzinga

Canadian Initiatives Award Millions For Cannabis Firms To Transform The Country's Prairies

Canadian federal agencies have made available millions of dollars for cannabis business expansion and research, reported MJBizDaily. The funds were allocated to businesses that contribute to transforming regional economies.

Chicago Sun-Times

Wandering Wolf Road Prairie and savoring the plants, birds, history and company

Wandering Wolf Road Prairie with E.J. Neafsey and Joel Greenberg is a sure way to savor the plants, birds and history of a one-of-a-kind remnant prairie in Chicago’s suburbs.

The Conversation

How theatre on the Prairies can imagine an equitable and inclusive future

The reckoning around anti-Black racism, colonialism and inequality in our precarious post-pandemic world is immense, drastic and unprecedented in recent times across different fields, including the theatre sector in Canada.

The Independent UK

Republican senate whip mocked for saying AR-15s are needed to shoot prairie dogs

‘If you need a weapon of war to shoot a two pound rodent, you are an idiot’

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - US

End of an era as Canada’s oldest ‘prairie castle’ to be dismantled

Grain elevator built in 1897 that towered over Elva in Manitoba symbolic of western Canada’s history and heritage

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the University of Calgary

18 stories

the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

17 stories

University of Calgary

15 stories

the National Farmers Union

14 stories

Environment and Climate Change Canada

13 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.