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"If they decide to investigate – they haven't decided yet – but if they do I take it very serious, extremely serious, and I have zero tolerance if there was any nonsense going on," he said Friday.

The federal privacy watchdog and some of his global counterparts are urging the largest social media companies to prevent bulk extraction of personal details from their websites.

Wildfires continue to disrupt communication services in the Northwest Territories as crews braced for tough days fighting the blaze threatening the capital city of Yellowknife.

The last travel restriction for the Okanagan region in British Columbia has been lifted alongside all previous evacuation orders within Kelowna's city limits, as wildfires there diminish after this week's rainfall.

Canada's current wildfire season is devastating evidence of the effects of climate change, scientists say, but for some conspiracy theorists, the thousands of square kilometres of burnt ground isn't enough to convince them.

Like most small rural populations in B.C., the state of Quadra Island’s groundwater resources and the effects of drought and other climate impacts on aquifers and the community’s water security are largely a mystery. 

It was Tuesday, Aug. 8, and in the town of Lahaina in West Maui, people were screaming and running as the sky rained embers. 

Indigenous Peoples demanding access to the Global Environment Facility welcomed the target set Thursday by the international council to fund Indigenous practices as part of the ratification of the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund, but concerns remain.

Hundreds of doctors, nurses and other Canadian health-care professionals have issued a public health advisory on the health harms of expanding B.C.'s fracking and natural gas infrastructure as the climate crisis steams ahead. 

Canada is using a $200-million contribution to a new nature protection fund to convince other rich countries to pony up cash as the global biodiversity crisis deepens. Will it be enough?

As many Atlantic Canadians are still recovering from a summer of extreme wildfires and floods, the region is preparing for a “busy” hurricane season and is urging residents to take preparation seriously.

Live social media videos of the incident posted Wednesday evening show about 20 protesters confronting a blockade of police cars near the lakeside community of Sorrento.

Alberta's seven-month moratorium on renewable energy development has stalled 118 projects representing $33 billion in investments, a new analysis shows.

As conservative premiers change the rules around pronoun use in schools, members of the federal Conservative grassroots want Pierre Poilievre to wade further into the debate around gender expression.

Liberal cabinet ministers are suggesting the federal government is ready to tackle long-standing problems related to the international student program, including cases of fraud and exploitation by shady educational institutions.