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Police services across Canada are grappling with how they will relay emergency information, including breaking news and details of missing persons, once Meta begins permanently removing news from its social media platforms.

Ottawa police are asking for help identifying 15 people accused of storming the Embassy of Senegal.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is expected to announce the country's draft clean electricity regulations today.

Thousands of Hawaii residents raced to escape homes on Maui as blazes swept across the island, destroying parts of a centuries-old town and killing at least 36 people in one of the deadliest U.S. wildfires in recent years.

A new research paper, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found soil is home to 90 per cent of fungi, 85 per cent of plants and more than 50 per cent of bacteria. At three per cent, mammals are the group least associated with soils.

There is growing concern about the harmful impact of pesticides on human health, agriculture and biodiversity, prompting calls from researchers to reduce their prevalence.

Ontario auditor general Bonnie Lysyk found the Ford government’s 2022 decision to open part of the protected Greenbelt for development was driven by political influence and privileged access.

The ad, paid for by Environmental Defence and running in New Brunswick, defends the federal government’s clean fuel regulations and debunks Premier Blaine Higgs’ assertion they are to blame for the price of gasoline shooting up by about seven cents. It was first aired July 26 and will run until Aug. 15.

"You're asking people to put a pause on their lives," said Luisa Da Silva, director of Iron & Earth, a group that assists fossil fuel employees transition to the renewables industry. "You're asking people not to work."

A dangerous mix of conditions appears to have combined to make the wildfires blazing a path of destruction in Hawaii particularly damaging, including high winds, low humidity and dry vegetation. And climate change.

Honolulu Emergency Services Department spokesperson Shayne Enright told The Associated Press that the department has taken in burn patients from Maui but can’t confirm the number.

In a scathing report released Wednesday, Ontario auditor general Bonnie Lysyk found the Doug Ford government’s 2022 decision to open part of the protected Greenbelt for development was the result of a deeply flawed and biased process.

Canadian beekeepers lost a record number of hives last year due to a fatal combination of unpredictable weather made worse by climate change, pests, pathogens and habitat loss.

Miami-Dade County’s chief heat officer — the first in the world — strives to raise awareness about the dangers of heat, which is the leading weather-related killer in the U.S.

Alberta and Saskatchewan’s longstanding opposition to a national climate policy could be tested if the federal government forces provinces to fall in line to access funding aimed at ushering Canada into a low-carbon economy.