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As demand for charging stations increases with their fleets, Nova Scotia's municipalities are moving to expand their networks.

Following revelations that the country's agriculture department downplayed warnings about glyphosate, advocates argue that the country must have a tough talk about reducing use of the controversial chemical.

The world's largest financial institutions remain among the leading investors in the fossil fuel sector, years after many vowed to reduce emissions through the Net Zero Banking Alliance — and their investments are scuttling any hope nations might have of meeting their Paris Agreement targets, report finds.

Agecoutay, a videographer for CBC in Regina, alleges he has repeatedly been denied work due to his race, and that the broadcaster offered a settlement, but he would have had to sign a non-disclosure agreement. 

A new Leger survey found that almost 30 per cent of Canadians believe food inflation has been primarily caused by grocery stores trying to increase profit margins. Another 26 per cent think it’s mostly due to global economic factors, while one in five blame the federal government

When wildfires and floods arrive on a community’s doorstep, residents need information to know how to act. But what happens when cell service and the internet are down?

With this action, Attorney General Dana Nessel becomes the latest public official to set sights on industry for harms it is alleged to have not only knowingly inflicted on the state, but also obfuscated.

As extreme heat events become more commonplace in Canada, labour groups, advocates and researchers are calling for a maximum temperature policy that would force workplaces to put protections in place for their employees when the mercury rises.

Ramped-up intelligence sharing among police forces and a working group involving all levels of government are among the measures Ottawa unveiled Monday as part of a broader national strategy to combat auto theft.

The mayor of the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality in British Columbia says drones are endangering helicopters being used to fight wildfires near Fort Nelson, which was ordered evacuated earlier this month.

Transforming a concrete hotel from the 1960s provides climate-friendly housing in downtown Dartmouth.

The U.S. dairy lobby pays big money to make sure its products are top-of-mind for Americans, but some critics worry that the demand-focused strategy is leaving smaller farmers behind — and accelerating climate change.

Critics say the plan to redevelop Ontario Place's West Island will eradicate the ecosystem that has thrived there for five decades, removing about 840 trees, including over 600 mature ones. The project will also fill lagoons and waterways, destroying about 36,000 square meters of aquatic habitat to add roughly 12 acres to the island.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has issued an emergency interim order to the petrochemical industry in southern Ontario, home of Canada’s Chemical Valley, following consultations with the local First Nation about declining air quality.

Eight in 10 Canadians back a woman's right to an abortion and two in three don't want the notwithstanding clause used to restrict access to abortions, a new poll suggests.