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Two hydro-rich provinces are being forced to import power from other jurisdictions due to severe drought in Western Canada.

According to a new report, plastic bag bans can eliminate nearly 300 single-use plastic bags per person per year.

Radical Stitch, one of the largest beadwork exhibits in Canada, is set to come to the National Gallery of Canada in May.

Last week, the Chiefs of Ontario called for a moratorium on mining claims to deal with the problems connected with the onslaught of stakes linked to the province’s digital mineral lands administration system.

Being ejected from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet last year took a heavy personal toll, former justice minister David Lametti conceded on Thursday as he announced his decision to leave public office.

Xie, 74, retired in December, and Kerry recently announced that he’s stepping down soon.

The Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) said Thursday in an interview with BNN Bloomberg that the Trans Mountain pipeline is the type of Canadian infrastructure asset that the investment manager would consider if it is made available.

Singh told a town hall meeting in Edmonton, where the New Democrats are holding a caucus retreat, that dealing with the federal government is "not fun."

Coastal First Nations are stressing urgency and more investment to offset the anticipated surge in oil tanker and shipping traffic in the Salish Sea once the Trans Mountain pipeline and Roberts Bank terminal expansion projects come online.

Jay Odjick, a writer and illustrator from Kitigan Zibi First Nation, has spent a large part of his career improving the representation of Indigenous people in comics, animations and children’s books — something he says didn't exist when he was a child.

The stress and trauma of losing a loved one, seeing a home destroyed or watching a beloved community splinter have resounding mental health repercussions that stretch on for months, even years after the disaster makes its first impact. 

Two U.S. federal environmental agencies issued plans Thursday to better protect endangered whales amid offshore wind farm development.

Liberal MPs are holding three days of caucus meetings in Ottawa to plan for the return of the House of Commons, and to shore up party morale after months of polls that suggest as many as half of them would lose their seats if an election were held today.

Authors of a report published in the journal Science, say the massive releases of volatile organic compounds, separate from the industry's climate-change-causing emissions, raise concerns about what those hundreds of complex, highly reactive chemicals are doing in the environment. 

Fort Smith's three churches came together to organize the vigil, which included prayer, song, and calls from community leaders to support each other and stay strong.