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B.C. is examining long-standing roadblocks to intercity transportation for rural communities on Vancouver Island and other underserved areas in the province.

Toronto has too much garbage and not enough places to put it. 

Bad news: 15 minutes of thrumming from a diesel engine makes squid hard of hearing. Good news: the cephalopods can recover within hours — if we let them.

Canada's top court will deliver the final word on Friday on whether the pact between Canada and the United States to control the flow of asylum seekers violates their fundamental rights.

A bill aimed at getting tech giants such as Meta and Google to pay publishers for news that appears on their platforms is one step closer to becoming law.

A day trip to the casino for a busload of seniors turned to devastation and unimaginable loss on Thursday, June 15, 2023, after a fiery crash with a truck on the Trans-Canada Highway west of Winnipeg.

People in parts of Alberta and British Columbia are returning home after wildfire evacuation orders were lifted.

A Canadian study suggests an association between household use of gas stoves and a higher risk of asthma in some kids. However, like other recent studies on the issue, the results were inconsistent.

The federal government’s long-awaited sustainable jobs legislation was met with applause and endorsements from unions and labour groups Thursday, despite negotiations going down to the wire.

The looming shortage of skilled agricultural workers is cause for concern in a country that is the world’s fifth-largest exporter of agri-food and seafood, a recent report by the Royal Bank of Canada suggests.

A new groundbreaking analysis of safety and justice hopes to inform the next generation of sustainability policy.

Climate campaigners have long complained that the so-called Conferences of the Parties, or COPs, are undermined by lobbyists for oil and gas firms attending under the guise of country delegates.

The mercury has since dipped again, but experts say the short surge marked a new global heat record for June and indicates more extremes ahead as the planet enters an El Niño phase that could last years.

Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said it is not about shutting down Canada's fossil fuel industry, but the sector will only survive if it massively invests in technology to cut greenhouse-gas emissions from extracting and refining oil and gas.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office says he learned about the prison transfer of Paul Bernardo the day it happened — a day earlier than Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino.