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For the past few weeks, buses in Canada's third-largest city have greeted passengers with massive advertisements pushing misleading information about the climate impacts of the country's natural gas industry. 

British Columbia will form an expert disaster task force to rapidly deploy to, respond to and support people and communities facing emergencies amid a historic wildfire season that has destroyed about 400 structures, mostly homes, said Premier David Eby.

Published Monday in the scientific journal Joule, the research found that heat pumps are two to three times more efficient than their oil and gas counterparts, specifically in temperatures ranging from 10 C to -20 C.

The fact logging deferrals aren't in place for all remaining priority old-growth three years after B.C.  promised to protect ancient forests is a bitter pill after a summer scorched by drought and unprecedented wildfires, critics say. 

Half a million citrus trees have taken root in the Peach State over the past decade.

The Hands Off The Greenbelt rallies are set to take place Sept. 8 to 23 in several locations, including Queen’s Park in Toronto and MPP Christine Hogarth’s office in Etobicoke, as well as in Richmond Hill, Newmarket, Ancaster and Barrie. One of the first rallies occurred Friday in Kitchener, where Premier Doug Ford's public event, Ford Fest, was held.

Down in the polls, the Liberals went on the offensive on Day 2 of the Conservative Party of Canada’s policy convention in Quebec City.

A new UN report detailing what needs to happen to limit global warming in line with the Paris Agreement's goals comes as the G20 is set to meet in India.

A Quebec judge will head a public inquiry into allegations of foreign interference in Canada's affairs now that federal parties have agreed on a process to examine the thorny subject, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he is ready to testify should he be asked to appear.

Thousands of people from the Northwest Territories have returned home this week after a wildfire evacuation order was lifted for Yellowknife's 20,000 residents.

Conservatives gathered for the federal party's national policy convention in Quebec City today will hear not only from their leader later, but from a man who at one time wanted that job himself.

While no one explicitly told developers that Ontario planned to open up the protected Greenbelt for housing last year, the government telegraphed that message to builders through actions – and silence, the province's integrity commissioner found.

Ryan Kelly was already a heat pump advocate when he installed one in his almost century-old home a couple of years ago, but even he was surprised at how well it performed during a cold snap last winter.

Increasingly, land is shifting into the hands of billionaires.

Environmental groups are hoping a complaint sent to Competition Bureau Canada alleging Enbridge is misleading customers will force the energy giant to stop telling people gas is the cheapest way to heat homes and instead inform them of the benefits of switching to electric.