Feds urged to turn Competition Act into a greenwashing-fighting machine
Environmental and health groups are prodding the federal government to turn a competition law into a powerful tool to tackle climate change and greenwashing.
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A toxic threat lurks in thawing permafrost
Scientists are tracking neurotoxic methylmercury production in North America’s largest peatland.
‘We want legal status’: Refugees, advocates rally to demand end of Safe Third Country Agreement
“Refugees are dying because of this agreement,” said Luisa Ortiz Garza, a permanent resident from Mexico who attended Tuesday's rally.
On India's shore, rising salinity means daily water struggle
Anthony Kuttappassera's family has lived in the same house at the edge of the Arabian Sea for more than a century. He grew up drinking water from the pond and the well outside his home.
Greens take a hit in Prince Edward Island election after being first in Canada to hold official Opposition
In 2019, Prince Edward Island became the first province in Canada where the Green Party led the official Opposition. However, Monday’s provincial election turned the party upside down, knocking the Greens down from eight seats to just two.
MPs want U.S. co-operation on a cross-border plan to protect endangered Yukon salmon
Federal politicians are voicing concerns over the collapse of Yukon River salmon stocks and the urgent need to establish a game plan with American authorities just as a critical bilateral meeting gets underway this week.
B.C. to spend billions on more homes to ease housing crisis
The British Columbia government will invest billions of dollars to ease a housing "crisis that is touching people in every corner of the province," Premier David Eby said.
Alberta premier says she will butt out of COVID court cases, leave Crown alone
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she will no longer speak about her involvement in how COVID-19 court cases are being prosecuted.
Progressive Conservatives chalk up resounding win in Prince Edward Island
Voters in Prince Edward Island delivered a decisive majority to the incumbent Progressive Conservatives on Monday, April 3, 2023, after an election campaign dominated by debate over heath care.
Jacinda Ardern takes on new role fighting online extremism
Jacinda Ardern, who stepped down as New Zealand's prime minister in January, will begin an unpaid role this month taking on online extremism.
Listening in on the Conservative Party of Canada
David McKie examines whether the Conservatives are ready to lead Canada.
It’s not just oceans rising. It’s groundwater, too
As subterranean water inches higher, so do threats to our air and water.
The U.S. leads the world in weather catastrophes. Here's why
The United States is Earth's punching bag for nasty weather.
Paris votes on e-scooter ban
The wheels may be about to come off Paris' ubiquitous for-hire electric scooters.
Tornadoes kill 32 from Arkansas to Delaware
Residents across a wide swath of the U.S. raced on Sunday, April 2, 2023, to assess the destruction from fierce storms that spawned possibly dozens of tornadoes from the South and the Midwest into the Northeast, killing at least 32 people.