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A day before the official start, British Columbia's election campaign sees B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad and Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau speaking to municipal leaders, while NDP Leader David Eby is gearing up to get his campaign bus rolling.

Canada's pesticide regulator is delaying the release of health and safety data, internal emails, briefing notes and other documents that justify its decision to approve several harmful pesticides, Canada's information commissioner has found.

B.C. Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau says she’s disrupted the province's two-party narrative before and intends to do it again in the upcoming election.

Over $9 million awarded to Nova Scotia research hub to investigate future power transmission network as developers consider regional offshore wind economics ahead of first auction next year.

A new report warns of severe habitat destruction, biodiversity loss, water contamination and other serious impacts if the Ford government's proposed Highway 413 proceeds across three key watersheds.

Regulators cited the Goodyear chemical plant for releasing high amounts of a bladder carcinogen last year but say they are still investigating.

But clean energy think tank the Pembina Institute said concerns about the new law shouldn't prevent Pathways from pulling the trigger on its proposed $16.5-billion carbon capture and storage project.

A 33-day provincial election campaign is expected to officially get started today in New Brunswick.

The Conservative Party of B.C. that didn't elect a single member in the last election and gained less than two per cent of the popular vote is now leading the charge for centre-right, anti-NDP voters.

Oil and gas production hikes and rebounding air travel put a drag on Canada's climate progress last year, but a new report says the country was still able to make a modest cut to its planet-warming emissions.

Lomiko Metals Inc., a mining company based in Surrey, B.C., wants to mine graphite — one of the world's most sought-after minerals — at a site near Duhamel, Que. Initially, residents' main fear was about the potential harm to the environment.

This week, ExxonMobil Canada announced there is “no evidence of hydrocarbons” in its Persephone exploration well, which the company hoped would unlock billions of barrels of oil off the coast of N.L. The news follows a similar announcement by Equinor and partner BP earlier in the month, which noted that its Sitka well near the site of Bay du Nord was also a failure.

Brian Smallshaw is still waiting for an apology from RCMP for his wrongful arrest near Fairy Creek logging protests. But the historian from Salt Spring is satisfied with the results of an RCMP Civilian Review and Complaints Commission investigation, released in its entirety this week, that found officers were out of line when they arrested him for ‘obstructing a peace officer’ three years ago.

Chrissy Isaacs's grandson knows the water is sick. He freaks out when he sees someone drinking from the tap. All he has known is big blue water jugs.