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This week, ExxonMobil Canada announced there is “no evidence of hydrocarbons” in its Persephone exploration well, which the company hoped would unlock billions of barrels of oil off the coast of N.L. The news follows a similar announcement by Equinor and partner BP earlier in the month, which noted that its Sitka well near the site of Bay du Nord was also a failure.

Brian Smallshaw is still waiting for an apology from RCMP for his wrongful arrest near Fairy Creek logging protests. But the historian from Salt Spring is satisfied with the results of an RCMP Civilian Review and Complaints Commission investigation, released in its entirety this week, that found officers were out of line when they arrested him for ‘obstructing a peace officer’ three years ago.

Chrissy Isaacs's grandson knows the water is sick. He freaks out when he sees someone drinking from the tap. All he has known is big blue water jugs.

A Climate Rights International report exposes the increasingly heavy-handed treatment of climate activists in Australia, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, the UK and the US.

Alberta Energy Minister Brian Jean's department is opening consultations on how to deal with Alberta's nearly half-million oil and gas wells, two-thirds of which are not producing. Estimates of the potential cost vary wildly into the hundreds of billions of dollars.

Now that the NDP has ended the supply-and-confidence deal with the Liberals, the minority government needs to shore up support from opposition parties on a vote-by-vote basis.

The review focused on the unsuccessful campaign of Conservative candidate Kenny Chiu in the riding of Steveston-Richmond East and the party's larger efforts in the Vancouver area.

It now appears that chance will come on Sept. 24, the first date opposition parties can introduce motions, including those declaring non-confidence in the government.

British Columbia's forests watchdog says a complaint about "excessive" logging has led to a call for the province to improve how it manages watersheds.

Surveys and studies are being done to understand where Canadians are on a slew of climate issues, including electric vehicles and heat pumps.

In a small but lively corner of Spadina Avenue in downtown Toronto, young climate activists are transforming the space into powerful statements, their energy fueled by music and paint. They are urging the government to establish a national Youth Climate Corps, a program to train young people in green careers over a two-year period to lead Canada toward a net-zero future.

A remote northern Ontario First Nation now has a water treatment plant, but is still unable to lift its boil water advisory of almost three decades.

The Florida grasshopper sparrow was near extinction only a few years ago. The recent release of the 1,000th captive-raised sparrow into the wild has rekindled optimism.

Trudeau has not yet commented on the loss, but it is the second time in three months that his party lost a stronghold in a byelection. In June the Conservatives defeated the Liberals narrowly in Toronto-St. Paul's.

Family members of patients allegedly brainwashed decades ago at a Montreal psychiatric hospital are afraid they're running out of time to get compensation because the federal government and McGill University have filed motions to dismiss their lawsuit.