Sarah Lawrynuik

Thanks Brian 🙏

Honoured to be listed here among such talent, highlighting the darkest corners of the world. 🏆

Manitoba and Canada eye Hudson Bay conservation area | The Narwhal ‘The need for action has never been more urgent,’ Manitoba environment minister says of the Hudson Bay region

Tickled to see my photos from 2020 in Churchill in @thenarwhal.ca. What a special place… whales, bears… nothing but perfect 🐻‍❄️

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Ukraine’s war-torn energy infrastructure is creaking during a brutal winter. How do Kyiv’s residents deal with constant cuts? Sarah Lawrynuik investigates, on “The Intelligence” bit.ly/4k7J34y

Videos appear to show federal officer took gun from Alex Pretti just before fatal shooting, CNN analysis finds | CNN A CNN analysis of video appears to show a federal immigration officer removing a gun from Alex Pretti just prior to officers fatally shooting him.

One strategy of disinformation is to mix true and false claims, so that people don’t believe anything anymore. Skepticism breeds cynicism, and cynicism breeds disengagement in the political process, which is the whole point.
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Arctic sea-ice extent is still lowest on record for the date as of January 24th, about 63,000 km² below the previous record low for the date, set in 2018.

Will 2026 beat the record low maximum set just last year? The Climate 8-Ball is busy stocking its bunker.

A Russian drone has revived a Ukrainian nuclear nightmare But who is prepared to pour even more money into making the country safe?

Latest from me on the slow motion disaster unfolding at Chernobyl ☢️

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A climate deal without explicit language calling for a fossil fuel phaseout is like a ceasefire without explicit language calling for a suspension of hostilities.
#COP30

This story is absolutely wild.

Back in Tbilisi, Georgia and this is day 356 of constant daily protests as the country continues its steep democratic backslide

The War Room newsletter: Nuremberg 80 years on, a reckoning Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”, examines post-war accountability and retribution

Rosie Blau, co-host of “The Intelligence”, examines post-war accountability and retribution

Voices of Gaza: life amid a fragile peace Also on the daily podcast: a cycling revolution and left-handed athletes

“Everything is gone. No home, no work, no life.” On “The Intelligence” Sarah Lawrynuik asks people in Gaza what they expect from the future

“Research started with plants in space.” Sarah Lawrynuik tells “The Intelligence” why red-light masks may actually work bit.ly/3WsOQq7

Hah yes exactly. I was in it the year before you! His first year writing the curriculum

Crushed to hear of the passing of the incredible Ken Dryden.

To the world, he was among the most famous NHLers. A lawyer, a politician.

To me, he was a professor and mentor. And the biggest reason I became a journalist. My condolences to his family. He was a truly great man.

Meanwhile, in Canada 🇨🇦

⚡️🏳️‍🌈After Viktor Orbán’s government passed an anti-LGBT law to ban the Pride march in Hungary, Budapest mayor Gergely Karácsony announced the city will officially organize Budapest Pride as a municipal event on June 28.

This means the ban won’t apply: police can’t disperse the crowd or issue fines.

Finland says Russian military aircraft suspected of violating its airspace A Russian military aircraft is suspected of having violated Finnish airspace on Tuesday, Finland's defence ministry said in a statement.

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Sending the National Guard to LA is not about stopping rioting The city is being punished for resisting the Trump administration’s deportation efforts

I’ve spent years covering both immigration and Los Angeles and sending National Guard troops to LA feels like “a thinly-veiled message to Democratic-run places that retribution awaits those who would stand between immigrants and the administration’s deportation machine”
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At the end of the Independence Day, fireworks were launched again.

Just yesterday, an activist was jailed for 30 days over a single firework launch. Yet here we are, launching it again. ✊🏻

Fireworks have become our symbol, and it’s now banned for that reason. #GeorgiaProtests

Truly horrific night for Kyiv

“Look, I’m calling this part of Russian war policy. It’s clear that it’s organized. It’s clear that it’s systematic.”

“I have documented serious cases of torture, including mock executions, all types of beatings, electricity being applied to ears and genitals and other parts of the body, waterboarding, as well as threats and actual rapes and sexual violence,” said U.N.’s special rapporteur on torture.

She tried to expose Russia’s brutal detention system — and ended up dead A consortium of international journalists continued the work of Viktoriia Roshchyna, who was investigating reports of torture and detention of Ukrainian civilians in occupied Ukraine.

"Her head was shaved, her neck bruised and burn marks on her feet, according to officials. Medical examiners found a broken rib and possible traces of electric shock. Some of her organs, including her brain, had been removed."

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The ugly task of Putin-proofing your border Russia’s European neighbours hate landmines. They are installing them anyway

Five European countries that border Russia have announced their exit from a treaty banning landmines. My column, The Telegram, reported from Lithuania, where officials say they are securing the frontier between the liberal world and Vladimir Putin’s blood-soaked empire
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Time changed for French-language debate due to Montreal Canadiens game | CBC News The New Democratic Party is requesting that Wednesday evening's French-language debate be postponed rather than held on the same night the Habs are making what could be their last chance to clinch a p...

Canada: Where we reschedule our politics around a late-season hockey game with major playoff implications.

Reported by the brilliant @tomsasse.bsky.social and produced by yours truly

The prison that works A little-known, sixty-year experiment in treating hardened criminals through therapy

Britain’s prison system is crumbling under the strain. Crowded, decrepit, understaffed and full of vermin. Recidivism rates that show this is likely to continue in perpetuity.

And yet — there is a bright spot. A prison that could offer lessons of how to do better 🎧 www.economist.com/twi-the-pris...

It is a routine Soviet and now Russian practice to accept an agreement and immediately violate it, in a small way, to see what the enforcement boundary is. If you don’t respond, they’ll push it further to check. Not sure they even see this as dishonest, it’s an assumed part of relations.

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