Coastal First Nations aim to balance investment in fossil fuels with environmental improvements. But critics are poking holes in the plan, arguing they put climate targets at risk by expanding fossil fuels.
Broadbent was "a fierce champion for ordinary Canadians," said a statement Thursday from the eponymous, Ottawa-based think tank he founded in 2011 to propagate his belief in social and economic justice.
Extreme cold has moved over Western Canada from the Arctic, bringing wind chill values approaching -50 to some areas, surprising even residents who know how to deal with cold winters.
The Prime Minister's Office is denying allegations it misled the ethics commissioner, after the federal Conservatives called for an investigation into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's vacation in Jamaica.
The world's renewable energy grew at its fastest rate in the past 25 years in 2023, the International Energy Agency reported on Thursday in its first assessment since nations agreed in December on ambitious new targets to slow dangerous climate change.
Experts spanning from Bay Street to academic institutions have warned that Canada's strong population growth is eroding housing affordability, as demand outpaces supply.
BC Hydro must repay the Gitga'at First Nation more than $700,000 after unfairly charging the tiny community an extra annual fee for nearly a decade. Four other Indigenous communities also paid similar "discriminatory" charges, a recent BC Utilities Commission Complaint revealed.
The approval of the controversial Chalk River project has left critics and some Algonquin First Nations reeling that environmental concerns brought to the nuclear safety regulator fell on deaf ears.
Enbridge is officially under investigation by the Competition Bureau for allegedly misleading customers about the affordability and potential of natural gas in the energy transition.
False and misleading information supercharged with cutting-edge artificial intelligence that threatens to erode democracy and polarize society is the top immediate risk to the global economy, the World Economic Forum said in a report on Wednesday.
Engine maker Cummins Inc. will recall 600,000 Ram trucks as part of a settlement that also requires the company to remedy environmental damage caused by illegal software that let it skirt diesel emissions tests.
The forecaster says the arctic air mass has settled over Yukon and the Northwest Territories with temperatures near -40 C and wind chill drop to to -55 before temperatures turn more seasonal by Saturday.