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At this year’s U.N. climate conference, world leaders are proposing a “global solidarity levy” on high-polluting industries.
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Extreme air pollution in India's capital shutters schools, construction, trucking
In several areas of the city, pollution levels were more than 50 times higher than the World Health Organization’s recommended safe limit. Forecasts say the poor air quality will continue into the week.
Trudeau defends Canada's carbon tax and says it is being battered by misinformation
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the remarks at the G20 and added the tax is among the world's strongest but "an easy political target" in Canada.
Parliament still gridlocked amid trade talks and postal strike
Parliament closes in on its eighth week of gridlock over a privilege motion, as Canada Post employees are on strike and calls emerge to exclude Mexico from upcoming trade talks.
Trudeau meets with Biden and other leaders at G20
The meeting will take place a day after The Associated Press reported that Biden has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles to strike deeper inside Russia.
BC NDP will have to look elsewhere for a Speaker, Green MLAs say
The NDP can’t count on a B.C. Green Party legislator to take on the role of Speaker of the legislature, according to a newly-elected Green MLA.
Federal documents surface on plans to protect endangered orcas from oil spills
West coast environmental groups argue no measure would save southern resident whales from a catastrophic oil spill.
Canada Post workers walk out on strike Friday morning
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers issued a 72-hour strike notice earlier in the week, saying it's been asking for fair wages, safer working conditions and other improvements over nearly a year of bargaining.
Trudeau in Peru for APEC meeting at a time of waning globilization
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Peru, kicking off five days of meetings with leaders from around the globe as the world braces for the looming return of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump.
Stolen Winston Churchill portrait by Karsh returns to Ottawa
A stolen portrait of Winston Churchill that was swapped with a dodgy forgery during the pandemic returns to its rightful place today, after two Ottawa police detectives travelled to Rome to retrieve it.
List of shame names the world's most polluting cities at COP29
Cities in Asia and the United States emit the most heat-trapping gas that feeds climate change, with Shanghai the most polluting, according to new data that combines observations and artificial intelligence.
What you should know about bird flu, poultry and dairy farms
People have been hearing a lot about H5N1 bird flu — or highly pathogenic avian influenza — since a B.C. teen became the first human to get the virus in Canada and is in hospital.
Hereditary chiefs call for a fishing moratorium to safeguard herring stocks
WSÁNEĆ Hereditary chiefs are urging federal Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier to close the last commercial herring fishery operating along the West Coast.
Mid-rise apartment buildings touted as an urban climate solution
As Ontario grapples with the twin problems of a housing shortage and escalating climate change, a new report calls for a transformative building shift to mid-rise, transit-oriented development.