There’s more than just frost in the air between Canada and the United States. Why are relations between the two countries so chilly?

The rich are getting richer. According to Oxfam International, the richest 1% of the population will own more than half the world’s wealth by 2016.

Oil has a history of building itself up and then letting us down.

“Fortress North America” is a concept from the Second World War and Cold War, a term used when imagining how the two countries might operate if the rest of the world succumbed to communism.

This two part primer for The West Block explores a cross Canada oil pipeline and its potential implications, for better or for worse.

This primer for The West Block, designed by Leo Kavanagh is about the tasks facing the newly national elected Assembly of First Nations chief.

In this week’s edition of The West Block, Tom Clark boils down the stark warning in the UN’s most recent report on climate change.

Tom Clark lays out the good, the bad, and the ugly of Canada’s economy.

For the new season of The West Block, GlobalGFX has teamed up with the folks in Ottawa to bring you, our faithful viewers, some insightful and beautiful animations. Christmas came early—we received a package in the mail, and we were gifted with many portable chargers for mobile devices.

To Jennifer Madigan and The West Block team: thank you for the chargers! In the short time we’ve known you, it’s been a pleasure working with you We enjoy building the primers every week and we strive to create even stronger value added content for The West Block. We look forward to building a relationship with you and your team.

When the British gave Hong Kong back to China in 1997, China promised the city could be semi-autonomous, continue running a capitalist system, and offer freedom of speech, religion and of the press.

Check it out! Andrew Miller and Neil Sangani built this animation for the Tom’s Take segment on The West Block about the Scottish Referendum.

One of our newest members of GlobalGFX, Chris MacDougall, designed and animated this primer for Season 5 of The West Block. The animation also lives here on Globalnews.ca.