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If the U.S. adopted a national flexitarian diet, researchers say it would reduce the footprint of farmland across the country by roughly the size of South Dakota — freeing that land for efforts that improve carbon sequestration and biodiversity.

On Monday morning, a grassroots activist blocked a road leading to a work camp in Nisga’a territory that will support the construction of the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline (PRGT).

The group's current president, Laurie Pushor, announced last week that he wouldn't seek a new contract after his current term expires next April.

Trudeau is in Halifax for a three-day cabinet retreat preparing for the upcoming fall sitting of Parliament, and the time for him to woo voters is becoming increasingly narrow.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in Halifax today that Canada will impose a 100-per-cent tariff on electric vehicles, along with 25 per cent tariffs on aluminum and steel.

BC Hydro says in a statement that the filling of the reservoir is one of the last steps toward starting operations for the controversial dam project, located about 14 kilometres southwest of Fort St. John, B.C.

The federal government has added 56 properties to a new public lands bank of locations that are suitable for long-term leases so developers can build housing, a move the Housing Minister says will help boost the supply of homes Canadians can afford.

Traffic at Canada's two largest railways is slated to resume today as a rail work stoppage comes to an end following a Saturday decision from the federal labour board.

The Liberals are in a make-it-or-break-it moment, following more than a year of slumping polling numbers and at most a year left before the next federal election.

Crews are to dig up parts of a damaged pipe and reinforce weak spots with concrete, with the job expected to last about a month.

The Gitanyow have established a blockade on their traditional territory to close the access point into the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline (PRGT) man camp.

A nearly year-long drought that lasted through the winter and brought both record heat and unprecedentedly low snow levels have left the province under drought conditions from the Lower Mainland to northern B.C., straining the vital resource for communities and farmers alike.

A new study demonstrates that intensifiers such as "crisis" or "emergency" or novel new phrases such as "global boiling" aren't helpful in motivating people to get worried about the issue — in most cases, they already are.

A federal advisory body is calling on Canada's security agencies to publish detailed descriptions of their current and intended uses of artificial intelligence systems and software applications.