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A decision released online this week says the case was filed in B.C. in August 2022, alleging the Switzerland-based firm's family of herbicide products, marketed as Gramoxone, causes Parkinson's disease.

The lawsuit against Nova Scotia is one of several actions being taken in the wake of climate disasters across Canada.

The Hesquiaht First Nation community of Hot Springs Cove is celebrating a long-awaited victory for energy security and the environment.

A whistleblower who played a key role raising the alarm of the health risks posed by the oilsands has a new concern – this time in his own backyard.

Right whales are detected through visual confirmation from flights and acoustic detection from gliders. However, a policy recommendation document prepared for Minister of Transport Pablo Rodriguez says that Canada will be slashing its flight hours for right whale detection by almost 50 per cent in 2024.

“We’re creating a world where these ice sheets are going to melt.”

McGill University global health researcher Dr. Madhukar Pai says the current risk to Canadians is low, but it's important to provide funding and resources to help African nations get the outbreak under control.

Citing privacy laws, a spokesperson for the Privy Council Office said it cannot disclose details, even though some of that information from past years has been made public.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says people seeking asylum at the border with Canada will have less time to consult a lawyer before making their case, as President Joe Biden's asylum halt makes its way to Canada’s doorstep.

Officials with the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation announced the move, saying the Flanagan fire was directly threatening their community of Sandy Bay.

The town also reports that while 358 structures were destroyed, mostly businesses and homes, the total number of housing units lost is about 800.

British Columbia has already spent about $387 million battling fires so far this year, as crews brace for more lightning-caused starts in the coming days, the director of provincial operations for the province's wildfire service said on Tuesday.

British Columbia's fruit growers co-operative that served farmers for almost a century has filed for creditor protection, citing more than $58 million in liabilities and a disastrous crop failure this year that it called "the final tipping point."

For a third year, the tourism companies of B.C. have put coastal guides to work on a coastal clean-up project. Despite their much smaller operating budget, the 12-person crew is unwavering in its dedication to the task.

Analysis of government data by Canada’s National Observer takes you through the rise in temporary foreign worker permit holders in Canada's forestry industry.