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Palm and soy are taking over the world's cropland. Enter Zero Acre Farms.

Ontario Indigenous Affairs Minister Greg Rickford met with members of the Mushkegowuk Council, opening discussions about a 300,000-square-kilometre conservation zone.

Calls for the federal government to overhaul its pesticide laws and regulatory agencies are being made in the wake of revelations that Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency failed to warn Canadians about the health dangers of a pesticide used on sports fields, golf courses and vegetable farms.

The argument comes from a recent flurry of filings in district court in Wisconsin, where the energy transmission giant is locked in a battle with a U.S. Indigenous band over the future of the cross-border conduit. 

The decline of one of the rarest whales in the world appears to be slowing, but scientists warn the giant mammals still face existential threats from warming oceans, ship collisions and entanglement in fishing gear.

The department said a bot network began a campaign known as "Spamouflage" to spread propaganda and disinformation messages across Facebook and X, formerly known as Twitter, in early August. The campaign accelerated in scale over the September long weekend.

The Chevron-Hess deal comes less than two weeks after Exxon Mobil said that it would acquire Pioneer Natural Resources for about $60 billion.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh visited Iqaluit on Friday alongside Nunavut MP Lori Idlout to meet with territorial politicians about the housing and cost-of-living crisis.

Indigenous-led consulting firms are working to bring economic reconciliation to the forefront of the minds of corporate Canada.

Avian flu vaccines hadn’t been used on birds in the U.S. until condors started succumbing to the virus last year.

Inuit leaders are calling for a complete overhaul of Canada's main program to reduce hunger in Northern Canada after revelations grocers in the region are pocketing up to half of a federal subsidy meant to reduce food prices. 

The mountains of trash from foreign countries seen piling up around homes and temples in Myanmar are renewing calls for Canada and other wealthy countries to deal with their own plastic garbage at home, instead of exporting waste — and the problem — to the developing world.

A broader charging infrastructure can significantly impact public perception, signalling that EVs are not just a niche technology but a practical and sustainable choice for the masses, said Sheldon Williamson, a professor at Ontario Tech University.

Chris Barber said early in last year's "Freedom Convoy" protest that he felt things were getting "out of control" and unsafe, an officer who served as an intermediary between organizers and police testified in court on Thursday.

Canada's labour minister says the federal government's newest attempt to prevent disruptive disputes at British Columbia's ports will lead to change this time.