These Oscar swag bags contained certificates for Aboriginal land
Indigenous groups in Australia said they weren't consulted and called the conservation ploy a "money-making scheme."
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Top climate scientists urge swift action for Canada and the world in critical decade for change
A climate bomb is ticking, and the latest report from the world’s leading climate science body is a how-to guide for defusing it, says United Nations Secretary General António Guterres.
Canada will take a ‘long, hard look’ at upping its climate target, Guilbeault says following IPCC report
As the world stares down an ongoing and rapidly worsening climate crisis, wealthy countries like Canada must hit the “fast-forward button” and push up their net-zero emissions deadlines to 2040, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres said Monday.
Liberals flirt with making motion on foreign interference a confidence vote
The Conservatives tabled the motion in the House of Commons Monday demanding that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's chief of staff, Katie Telford, appear at the House ethics committee before the middle of April.
Alberta to force oilpatch to pay up for taxes owed
Earlier this month, Rural Municipalities Alberta released figures showing that energy firms owed $268 million in back taxes in 2022, a figure that is up more than six per cent from 2021.
Zuckerberg summoned to parliamentary committee over Meta's threat to block news
The decision comes a week after the company announced it would block news on its social-media platforms if the Liberal government's Online News Act passes in its current form.
This year's climate report warns world on 'thin ice'
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report says the world has a chance but only if we quite oil, gas and coal
Trudeau and Biden expected to talk about Norad, Haiti, critical minerals
U.S. President Joe Biden will spend two days in Canada beginning on Thursday, March 23, 2023, to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and speak to a joint session of Parliament, his first visit north of the border since taking the oath of office in 2021.
Ski resorts are the new climate activists
Snow falls thick as skiers shed their gear and duck into the Sundeck Restaurant, one of the first certified energy-efficient buildings in the U.S. — this one at 3,413 metres above sea level atop Aspen Mountain in Colorado.
Poilievre calls for standardized tests so docs and nurses can work anywhere in Canada
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for a countrywide standardized testing process that would speed up licence approvals for doctors and nurses.
Biden comes to Canada to visit Trudeau
Joe Biden's last official visit to Canada came with a palpable sense of foreboding.
Indigenous communities lead Canada's clean energy boom
On a wintry day last November, Daphne Kay looked up at an expanse of gleaming solar panels located on Cowessess First Nation reserve land just east of Regina and cried.
An estimated 43,000 people died in Somalia drought last year
A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid the longest drought on record in Somalia last year and half of them likely were children.
UN science report to give world a stark climate warning
A major new United Nations report being released on Monday is expected to provide a sobering reminder that time is running out if humanity wants to avoid passing a dangerous global warming threshold.
One dead, six missing in Old Montreal fire
One person has been confirmed dead and six people remain missing as police continue to search for victims after a fire swept through a building in Old Montreal on Thursday, March 16, 2023.