Canada’s main environmental law gets a facelift
A long-awaited update to Canada’s main environmental law is set to come into force after passing through both the House of Commons and the Senate.
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Rough flight? That’s climate change in the pilot’s seat
Researchers say bumpier air travel is driving up costs and increasing the risks for passengers and crews.
Communities band together to save the river that sustains them
B.C.’s Fraser River or stɑl̓əw̓, as it is called by the Kwantlen and Katzie First Nations, is under siege. Climate change is warming its waters and aquatic species are suffocating from supercharged plant growth fed by fertilizer runoff from agriculture.
Tea Creek farm regenerates soil and soul
When Jacob Beaton quit his business consulting job and left Vancouver for a homestead in northern B.C., he didn't plan on the farm becoming a hub for reviving Indigenous food sovereignty.
Cut off by wildfire, B.C. communities must wait another week for vital route to reopen
Rocks the size of coffee mugs continue to drop hundreds of feet down steep bluffs onto Highway 4, an important transportation route closed by wildfire activity on Vancouver Island a week ago.
Dissecting the foreign interference soap opera
Did China attempt to interfere in Canada's elections? Should there be a public inquiry? David McKie talks with a security and intelligence reporter and a former senior national security official to sort it all out on the latest episode of Hot Politics.
Canadian broadcasters pledge climate action to lighten impact of industry
Canada’s leading media companies are banding together to work on reducing their collective impact on the environment.
Beijing-linked donation to Trudeau Foundation head raised no initial concerns
The former head of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, Morris Rosenberg, says concerns were never raised to him about a large donation to the charity from two Chinese businessmen connected to Beijing.
A third of Canadians support changing anthem to 'our home on native land': poll
A new poll suggests only a third of Canadians support a proposal from Mississauga, Ont., to ask the federal government to change the lyrics of the national anthem.
Wealthy countries like Canada must deliver proactive aid: head of UN rural food agency
The head of a UN agency working to shore up rural food systems says richer countries need to boost proactive aid to developing states, as Ottawa increasingly shifts its focus to humanitarian support for crises that have already happened.
Opposition leaders will meet to decide terms of potential public inquiry: Singh
Opposition leaders have yet to meet to discuss terms of reference for a possible public inquiry into foreign interference, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Monday, with one national security expert saying their proposal will likely be a sticking point.
"Worst wildfire season of the 21st century': Blair
#Canada is experiencing its worst wildfire season of the 21st century. #Wildfires
O'Toole leaves House of Commons on warning note
If members of Parliament do not avoid the dangers of "performance politics" and chasing "likes" on social media, future Canadians will look back on the current moment as the start of the country's decline, Erin O'Toole warned on Monday, June 12, 2023.
Picnics and planes don't mix
The Montreal Trudeau International Airport is cracking down on picnickers at its plane-spotting park, fearing hungry birds will collide with landing or departing aircraft.
The education culture wars are coming for climate change
New Jersey's move to adopt standards for learning about climate change in each grade and across several different subjects has rankled some right-wing groups, which call it "indoctrination."