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Hawaii's governor and mayor invited tourists back to the west side of Maui months after the Aug. 8 fire killed at least 100 people and destroyed more than 2,000 buildings.

"That's off the table," NDP leader Jagmeet Singh said in a year-end interview with The Canadian Press, even though the two parties have been working closely together. 

The union said it has ended all of its pressure tactics, such as the general strike that has shut 800 schools, including in Montreal, since the end of November.

Canada's first-ever climate adaptation strategy was little more than six weeks old when fast-moving wildfires swept through communities in British Columbia's southern Interior, forcing thousands to flee and destroying hundreds of homes.

Warmth related to the El Niño climate phenomenon this week has pushed temperatures to record highs in regions including Metro Vancouver, Greater Victoria, the Sunshine Coast and the Okanagan.

Now, two and a half years later,as Chief (Kukpi7) of Skwlāx te Secwepemcúl̓ecw First Nation, Tomma is leading his community through a difficult journey of recovery from the worst wildfire disaster in band history.

Winter's arrival in northern Ontario once meant months when cheap, fresh produce is scarce on the Nipissing First Nation.

Utility companies also train members to sell builders on the continued use of the planet-heating fossil fuel, including through trainings at conferences and webinars. “Stress the lifestyle benefits that come with a natural gas home,” one instructor said in a recording of a training session heard by the Guardian.

In the concrete bowels of Canada Place in downtown Vancouver, below a luxury hotel and near the berths of ocean liners, are the charred signs of a Christmas Day tragedy.

Justice Minister Arif Virani says the government is weighing its options as the March deadline looms. The first step, he says, will be to see what members of Parliament and senators recommend after committee hearings that probed the issue this past fall.

The Quebec government has reached tentative agreements on working conditions with all unions in a labour alliance representing 420,000 public sector workers, but negotiations continue on salaries and benefits.

Vancouver Police are commending the bravery of two food delivery workers who were stabbed when they thwarted an attempted robbery stemming from a Facebook Marketplace sale.

Business headlines in 2023 saw a housing crisis and the fight against inflation take centre stage while the job market proved to be stronger than expected.

A study has found air inside homes on four remote First Nations in northwestern Ontario contained carbon dioxide, fine particles, mould and other substances that increase the risk of respiratory infections.

Law students from the University of Toronto wanted to understand how the firms so many of them are recruited by drive the climate crisis. What they found was shocking.