Environment Minister Catherine McKenna signed a vehicle-emissions agreement with California on Wednesday, June 26, 2019, that the state's governor and auto industry experts see as a signal that Canada is going to side with California in a U.S. dispute over emissions standards.
The Oregon Capitol was at a standstill Wednesday with only four days left in the legislative session, and it remains unclear when — or if— the Senate's 11 Republicans will return to the statehouse and end a walkout over a climate bill.
The Atmospheric Fund (TAF) — a regional climate agency that invests in low-carbon solutions in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area — will be receiving the investment as part of the federal government's efforts to support clean energy efforts in urban regions across the country.
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he will be seeking a joint response to Quebec's new religious symbols law when western premiers meet on Thursday, June 26, 2019, in Edmonton.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived in Osaka, Japan for the G20 leaders' summit, where he will look to raise the issue of two Canadians held in China at "every opportunity."
The federal government and the provinces are expected to announce plans to work on harmonizing recycling standards following a meeting of environment ministers in Halifax today, June 27, 2019.
A Russian student who was invited to present her research at an upcoming academic conference in Canada says she believes her visitor visa was unfairly rejected — an issue scholars say is a growing problem for academics from certain areas of the world trying attend conferences in Canada.
Transport Canada has implemented a speed restriction for vessels in the western part of the Gulf of St. Lawrence following yet another death of the endangered North Atlantic right whale on Wednesday, June 26, 2019.
Canada's political conversations on Twitter are overrun by bots and other inauthentic activity, according to a leading social-media researcher, who warns that the activity being detected may be "the canary in the coal mine" when it comes to online manipulation.
Students worry that the Doug Ford government's cuts to student financial aid will have short-term impacts — increasing student drop-out rates — but also long-term impacts — more part-time students in post-secondary education who will work and study simultaneously. They worry that this will result in a crisis in student mental health.
Canadians risk growing ignorant about the global climate emergency because the federal government has failed to maintain predictable and long-term research funding, scientists say in a newly released survey.