New Zealand bans thin plastic bags from supermarkets
Beginning Saturday, New Zealand will become the first country to ban the thin plastic bags that supermarket customers use to collect their fruit and vegetables.
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Conservative voters not as proud to be Canadian as others, new survey suggests
Canadians' pride in their nationality, like most things these days, seems to be divided down partisan lines, a new poll suggests.
Choose reconciliation, not fireworks on Canada Day, some political leaders say
Chief Don Tom of the Tsartlip First Nation on Vancouver Island says he's been known to "partake" in watching fireworks, as a way to bring families together.
Environmental advocates slam ‘insufficient’ efforts to cut climate pollution
On the two-year anniversary of a heat dome that killed 619 people, environmental advocates issued a plea to B.C. Premier David Eby to slash greenhouse gas emissions in line with climate targets the province has set for the end of the decade.
Any way you slice it, sea level rise is ‘absolutely guaranteed’
Experts say that even if the world stopped emitting greenhouse gases tomorrow, ocean levels would continue to rise.
Warming causes more extreme rain, not snow, over mountains. And that’s a problem
A warming world is transforming some major snowfalls into extreme rain over mountains instead, somehow worsening both dangerous flooding like the type that devastated Pakistan last year as well as long-term water shortages, a new study found.
World Council of Churches endorses Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
The World Council of Churches is joining other faith-based organizations in a growing call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, as world governments inch closer to COP28.
Air in US cities like Chicago and Detroit shrouded in smoke from Canadian fires
Drifting smoke from the ongoing wildfires across Canada is creating curtains of haze and raising air quality concerns throughout the Great Lakes region and in parts of the central and eastern United States.
Newsrooms will be supported if Meta, Google block news, Rodriguez says
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said he remains hopeful digital giants will not make good on their threat to block access to Canadian news on their platforms, but if they do then the Liberal government will ensure newsrooms have the resources they need to continue their work.
Most Canadians would flunk our country's citizenship test
Canadians' hearts may be brimming with pride as Canada Day approaches, but a new poll suggests their minds aren't full of the knowledge needed to pass a citizenship test.
Ottawa urged to back U.S., not TC Energy, in lawsuit over demise of Keystone XL
A progressive public policy think tank is urging the federal government to side against oil and gas transmission giant TC Energy in its ongoing dispute with the United States over the ill-fated Keystone XL project.
No-pet clauses in leases amid housing crisis under fire in Quebec
Tobias Gurl thinks his five-year-old collie, Winston, is a pretty ideal roommate: she's quiet, well-trained and indispensable to her owner's well-being.
Ontario First Nations strike revenue-sharing deal with Canada’s largest nuclear plant
Bruce Power CEO Mike Rencheck believes the amount generated for the Saugeen Ojibway Nation will reach anywhere between the hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars, depending on the marketing and sale of an isotope used to treat cancer.
‘A public relations strategy’: Critics slam B.C’s recent effort to boost transparency on logging
The B.C. government has announced changes to improve transparency around logging operations, but critics have more questions than answers.
Searching for answers at the Salton Sea
Over the last 25 years, the Salton Sea has lost a third of its water due to an over-allocated Colorado River. As it shrinks, the sea’s salts plus pollutants from agricultural runoff reach higher concentrations. To protect the air and water quality, shoreline residents have become community scientists.