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Some federal government workers will be able to continue remote work for another year, as most face a March 31 deadline to return to the office at least two days a week.

The Alberta and federal governments say they will work together to understand what happened around a nine-month delay in notifying the public about toxic seepage from an oilsands tailings pond.

Competition Bureau Canada is being urged to investigate Pathway Alliance’s claim it is committed to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.

Natural History Museum scientists say plasticosis, which scars the digestive tract, is likely to affect other types of birds, too.

Pollution from oilsands tailings dominated the agenda at the Dene Nation Water Summit this week as northern Indigenous leaders and community members discussed how to respond to recent news of multiple leaks hidden for months from neighbouring Indigenous communities.

The Growcer, an Ottawa-based startup, helps remote communities run shipping container farms capable of growing up to 8,500 pounds of food per year. Now, some are close to breaking even and others are looking to expand.

David Johnston has been asked to look into allegations of foreign meddling in Canada's last two federal elections and recommend what the Liberal government should do about it.

A few commonly used weather terms and their definitions, which rely on material from the National Weather Service.

The latest powerful atmospheric river to drench California put nearly 27,000 people under evacuation orders on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, due to flooding and landslide risks. On the central coast, workers hauled truckloads of rocks to plug a broken river levee amid steady rain and wind.

The driver of a pickup truck that killed two people and injured nine others in the Quebec town of Amqui was charged with dangerous driving causing death on Tuesday, after police said he deliberately drove into pedestrians chosen at random, including children.

The New Democrats have used their agreement with the Liberal government as leverage to push for more ways to save Canadians money in the next federal budget, leader Jagmeet Singh says.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said on Tuesday that if he became prime minister, he would sue pharmaceutical companies as a way to fund drug treatment ⁠ — but he wouldn't say what he would do about sites where users can consume drugs under supervision.

Authorities in British Columbia are investigating after 17 wild horses were shot in what Mounties are calling a "disheartening act."

The British Columbia government says it's rolling out a new framework for approving oil and gas projects that will ensure the province meets its emissions targets in the coming decades.

The Haisla First Nation on British Columbia's northern coast has been granted a provincial environmental assessment certificate for a floating liquefied natural gas facility.