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Atlantic Canada’s only nuclear power plant is facing yet another unplanned shutdown. It will not funnel energy to the grid until at least mid-November, which critics say will translate to higher emissions and energy bills.

A study by UBC Centre for Climate Justice and Radical Action showed housing reforms are urgently needed for temporary foreign workers

"Even amidst the profound grief and staggering loss experienced by so many, the community's familiar pulse is unmistakable. Neighbours and friends, who had been apart for weeks, are reuniting with heartfelt embraces and teary smiles," a post on the town's Facebook page said on Saturday.

In recent years, the U.K. and U.S. governments and private sector have offered incentives and funds to help ramp up SAF production. But skeptics say the alternative fuels will hardly make a dent in the airline industry’s large carbon footprint.

The federal government says Canada's appeal as an international tourist destination has been damaged by the 2023 forest fire season — the country’s most destructive on record.

A year ago yesterday, a wildfire tore through a First Nation in the interior of British Columbia, destroying 32 structures. And yet, Skwlāx te Secwepemcúl̓ecw is celebrating.

The Alberta government hired a career oil and gas insider to help shape climate policy in its department of Environment and Protected Areas.

Jasper Mayor Richard Ireland has said only residents will be allowed to enter the town and other visitors will be directed to stay on the highway and drive on by.

The mobile reporting app would use biometrics to confirm a person's identity and record their location data when they use the app to check in. Documents obtained through access-to-information indicate that the CBSA has proposed such an app as far back as 2021.

The detection of clade I mpox in Sweden in someone who had travelled to an affected African country is a "harbinger" of broader spread, said Dr. Fahad Razak, an internal medicine specialist and epidemiologist at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto.

The ocean crop boasts nearly nonexistent farm-to-table carbon emissions, but bureaucratic snags and lack of an established market have historically deterred young farmers.

A lack of infrastructure, complications from the pandemic and extreme weather events are conspiring to put unhoused pets on U.S. Indigenous reserves in increasing danger.

Two weeks spent combing secluded beaches for plastics with B.C. coastal guides have taught me an important lesson for the policymakers and pundits: Taking action for the climate is hard work, but it's not impossible.

A new study presented this week at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference found increased rates of dementia the more people are exposed to wildfire smoke.

Strahl was first elected in 1993 and represented the B.C. riding of Chilliwack–Fraser Canyon until his retirement in 2011.