Environment
The tiny transmitter tracking monarch butterflies’ migration from Canada to Mexico
Conservationists are gluing solar panels onto insects to help reveal habitat gaps on the 4,000-km journey
By Tom Jokinen
Tom Jokinen
Tom Jokinen is a Winnipeg writer and broadcaster. He writes for The Walrus, Literary Review of Canada and is a regular contributor to CBC Radio Ideas. He‘s won a National Magazine Award, a New York Festivals Gold Award for audio documentary, and his book Curtains, about the funeral industry, was a Canadian bestseller. He follows cycling and Italian football closely.
Stories by Tom
Transportation
How to run a railway built on melting permafrost
The train to Churchill ‘rocks like a boat’ when it crosses thawing sections. Can it support the weight of a megaproject?
By Tom Jokinen
Environment
How to protect a little industry when a big one comes to town
Bears and belugas bring 25,000 ecotourists to Churchill every year. A planned megaproject could put it all in peril
By Tom Jokinen
Economy
The polar bear capital of the world has multibillion-dollar megaproject ambitions
Churchill, Manitoba, has seen its share of boom and bust. Now it wants to be an energy and transport powerhouse
By Tom Jokinen
Habitats
Why this Saskatchewan farmer is letting his land grow wild
Lorne Scott grows wheat and oats, but sees just as much value in grassland preservation
By Tom Jokinen
Weather
What if your city were a sponge? This urban planning strategy could help solve flooding
More severe rainstorms are overwhelming infrastructure. Absorbing some of the water would help
By Tom Jokinen
Environment
Zombie fires are coming back from the dead – and they’re multiplying
Smouldering secretly underground in winter, ‘holdover fires‘ trigger new spring fires. Satellite detection may be the answer
By Tom Jokinen
Agriculture
How the future of agriculture is unfolding on a Manitoba farm
At Rutherford Farms, a new initiative is testing drones, robots and AI. Can the tech revolutionize agriculture – and help farmers?
By Tom Jokinen
Environment
The tiny transmitter tracking monarch butterflies’ migration from Canada to Mexico
Conservationists are gluing solar panels onto insects to help reveal habitat gaps on the 4,000-km journey
By Tom Jokinen
Environment
How to protect a little industry when a big one comes to town
Bears and belugas bring 25,000 ecotourists to Churchill every year. A planned megaproject could put it all in peril
By Tom Jokinen
Habitats
Why this Saskatchewan farmer is letting his land grow wild
Lorne Scott grows wheat and oats, but sees just as much value in grassland preservation
By Tom Jokinen
Environment
Zombie fires are coming back from the dead – and they’re multiplying
Smouldering secretly underground in winter, ‘holdover fires‘ trigger new spring fires. Satellite detection may be the answer
By Tom Jokinen
Transportation
How to run a railway built on melting permafrost
The train to Churchill ‘rocks like a boat’ when it crosses thawing sections. Can it support the weight of a megaproject?
By Tom Jokinen
Economy
The polar bear capital of the world has multibillion-dollar megaproject ambitions
Churchill, Manitoba, has seen its share of boom and bust. Now it wants to be an energy and transport powerhouse
By Tom Jokinen
Weather
What if your city were a sponge? This urban planning strategy could help solve flooding
More severe rainstorms are overwhelming infrastructure. Absorbing some of the water would help
By Tom Jokinen
Agriculture
How the future of agriculture is unfolding on a Manitoba farm
At Rutherford Farms, a new initiative is testing drones, robots and AI. Can the tech revolutionize agriculture – and help farmers?
By Tom Jokinen
Environment
The tiny transmitter tracking monarch butterflies’ migration from Canada to Mexico
Conservationists are gluing solar panels onto insects to help reveal habitat gaps on the 4,000-km journey
By Tom Jokinen
Economy
The polar bear capital of the world has multibillion-dollar megaproject ambitions
Churchill, Manitoba, has seen its share of boom and bust. Now it wants to be an energy and transport powerhouse
By Tom Jokinen
Environment
Zombie fires are coming back from the dead – and they’re multiplying
Smouldering secretly underground in winter, ‘holdover fires‘ trigger new spring fires. Satellite detection may be the answer
By Tom Jokinen
Transportation
How to run a railway built on melting permafrost
The train to Churchill ‘rocks like a boat’ when it crosses thawing sections. Can it support the weight of a megaproject?
By Tom Jokinen
Habitats
Why this Saskatchewan farmer is letting his land grow wild
Lorne Scott grows wheat and oats, but sees just as much value in grassland preservation
By Tom Jokinen
Agriculture
How the future of agriculture is unfolding on a Manitoba farm
At Rutherford Farms, a new initiative is testing drones, robots and AI. Can the tech revolutionize agriculture – and help farmers?
By Tom Jokinen
Environment
How to protect a little industry when a big one comes to town
Bears and belugas bring 25,000 ecotourists to Churchill every year. A planned megaproject could put it all in peril
By Tom Jokinen
Weather
What if your city were a sponge? This urban planning strategy could help solve flooding
More severe rainstorms are overwhelming infrastructure. Absorbing some of the water would help
By Tom Jokinen