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British Columbia's independent forests watchdog is calling for the provincial government to make critical changes to how it manages forests to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires.

The word "crisis" comes up quickly when speaking with those who run food banks across Canada.

Fiesta Farms co-owner Dean Virgona said the grocery store started offering compostable bags at the checkout to divert plastic waste. Now the federal plastics ban means they have to find a new alternative.

One advocate calls the coal ash pits in her town a "ticking time bomb."

Indigenous communities remain on the front lines of the climate crisis, suffering the worst effects of climate disaster and tragedy. Here are two components of Ottawa's national climate adaptation strategy that may help.

Two major fireworks displays, including for Canada Day, have been cancelled in Montreal as air-quality concerns persist because of wildfires burning in northern Quebec.

The newswire agency was informed Wednesday that Meta will end the contract, which has funded roughly 30 reporting fellowship positions for early-career journalists at CP since the program's inception in 2020.

Green Party leaders have fired a shot directly at the Liberal cabinet following a high-profile meeting between two federal ministers and executives from Royal Dutch Shell.

The federal government is ready to pay up to $200 million to protect a vital land corridor linking Nova Scotia and New Brunswick from climate change-related flooding, a federal minister has confirmed.

Sucker Creek First Nation Chief Roderick Willier remembers never feeling safe during the decade he spent at a residential school in northern Alberta.

Smoky air from Canada’s wildfires shrouded broad swaths of the U.S. from Minnesota to New York and Kentucky on Wednesday, June 28, 2023, prompting warnings to stay inside and exacerbating health risks for people already suffering from industrial pollution.

The Assembly of First Nations moved to oust RoseAnne Archibald as its national chief on Wednesday, June 28, 2023, after more than a year of turmoil involving her leadership of the advocacy organization.

Beginning Saturday, New Zealand will become the first country to ban the thin plastic bags that supermarket customers use to collect their fruit and vegetables.

Canadians' pride in their nationality, like most things these days, seems to be divided down partisan lines, a new poll suggests.

Chief Don Tom of the Tsartlip First Nation on Vancouver Island says he's been known to "partake" in watching fireworks, as a way to bring families together.