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Rising global temperatures – 2023 is expected to be widely confirmed as the hottest year ever recorded – are fueling droughts and other extreme weather that affect food yields, including that of sugar.

The long, troubled tenure of the Ontario Progressive Conservative party and their fumbling of the Greenbelt scandal likely led to a recent Green Party byelection win, experts say.

A councillor for a city explicitly targeted with online attacks ads by a shady group with ties to Canada's gas industry wonders why her city is in the line of fire. 

Notely ruled out taking her career to Ottawa, saying, “I have no intention to pursue a federal role in elected politics.”

The appeal is part of a number of recent youth-led cases across Canada and other parts of the world where young people argue government climate inaction in the face of increasingly dire circumstances, from wildfire to floods, is a violation of their rights.

Edmonton's Capital Power Corp. and Ontario Power Generation are joining together to assess the feasibility of developing small modular nuclear reactors to help power Alberta's electricity grid.

Forrest Tower of the BC Wildfire Service said that while it's not uncommon for some fires to burn through the winter, that number usually hovers around a couple dozen, not the 106 that were listed as active on New Year's Day.

Climate change made Canada's warmest December in more than 50 years about twice as likely, a temperature anomaly that stood out around the world, a new study has found.

A Quebec man who posted conspiracy theories online that forest fires were being deliberately set by the government has pleaded guilty to starting a series of fires himself that forced hundreds of people from their homes.

The internationally agreed threshold to prevent the Earth from spiralling into a new superheated era will be “passed for all practical purposes” during 2024, the man known as the godfather of climate science has warned.

In Episode 1 of The Road, Isaac Phan Nay learns from members of Webequie and Marten Falls First Nations how mining and road access to their nations could change life in remote northern nations — forever. 

The renewable skills initiative through Iron & Earth teaches participants the skills required in renewable industries such as solar and wind.

But the Alberta Electric Systems Operator says people should continue to conserve power into the evening, as extremely cold temperatures continued to pose problems.

About 420,000 unionized public sector workers will begin voting on Monday on an agreement in principle reached with the Quebec government over a new collective deal.

A warming trend is in the forecast for much of British Columbia after several days of record-breaking temperatures, but the cold weather on the Prairies will continue.