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Experts spanning from Bay Street to academic institutions have warned that Canada's strong population growth is eroding housing affordability, as demand outpaces supply. 

The approval of the controversial Chalk River project has left critics and some Algonquin First Nations reeling that environmental concerns brought to the nuclear safety regulator fell on deaf ears.

The temperature-sensitive pathogens that caught North American communities off guard are a grim preview of the future.

Enbridge is officially under investigation by the Competition Bureau for allegedly misleading customers about the affordability and potential of natural gas in the energy transition.

BC Hydro must repay the Gitga'at First Nation more than $700,000 after unfairly charging the tiny community an extra annual fee for nearly a decade. Four other Indigenous communities also paid similar "discriminatory" charges, a recent BC Utilities Commission Complaint revealed.

False and misleading information supercharged with cutting-edge artificial intelligence that threatens to erode democracy and polarize society is the top immediate risk to the global economy, the World Economic Forum said in a report on Wednesday.

Engine maker Cummins Inc. will recall 600,000 Ram trucks as part of a settlement that also requires the company to remedy environmental damage caused by illegal software that let it skirt diesel emissions tests.

The forecaster says the arctic air mass has settled over Yukon and the Northwest Territories with temperatures near -40 C and wind chill drop to to -55 before temperatures turn more seasonal by Saturday. 

Quebec has just 477 square kilometres of recognized old-growth. Experts want more awareness and management of these centuries-old forests before it's too late.

CO2 released by burning biogas from cow manure is counted as an emission reduction, rather than a climate pollutant, and multiple state programs in the U.S. are taking credit for the cuts that some see as phantoms.

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has greenlit a proposed nuclear waste storage facility in Chalk River, Ont., after a years-long battle waged by concerned citizens, environmentalists and First Nations.

The Transportation Safety Board says the escaped gas ignited, causing a fire that "self-extinguished" after the manual closing of valves upstream and downstream of the break.

Researchers still can’t answer the big question: Are those nanoplastic pieces harmful to health?

Analysts say 2024 will be a year of weaker oil prices, something that should bring some relief to weary consumers after two years of soaring energy costs.

Banks are using the term "sustainable finance" too broadly and not backing up the claims with data, Investors for Paris Compliance said in its submission Tuesday to the Ontario Securities Commission and the Autorité des marchés financiers of Québec.