Equinor hires company to look for oil off Newfoundland's east coast
Equinor says the Hercules semi-submersible will begin exploring next year in the Flemish Pass Basin, about 500 kilometres east of St. John's.
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Poilievre ads on rebuilding a 'broken' Canada aim to soften his image
A pile of puzzle pieces spills onto a table.
Montreal Pride Parade draws record crowd after last year's event was cancelled
There was a festive mood across downtown Montreal on Sunday, August 13, 2023, as the city's Pride parade drew a record number of participants one year after the 2022 event was abruptly cancelled.
Rules needed to keep rental housing cool, advocates say as B.C. heat wave hits
Advocates for renters in British Columbia say it's time to consider setting a maximum temperature for rental housing to protect vulnerable tenants from dangerous heat.
Poilievre's Conservative party spreading mainstream conspiracy theories
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been hitting the summer barbecue circuit with ramped-up rhetoric around debunked claims that the World Economic Forum is attempting to impose its agenda on sovereign governments.
Liberals try to pivot on housing as affordability crisis persists
Chris Burke and his fiancée have been less than a year away from buying their first home for the past three years.
People in NWT being evacuated by air as fire closes some escape routes
Residents of a second town near the Alberta-Northwest Territories boundary were ordered to evacuate to safety on Sunday, August 13, 2023, evening due to encroaching wildfires, with a new fire meaning the only route out for one of the communities was by air.
Hawaii mourns dead in wake of ferocious wildfires
As Hawaii residents mourned those killed in ferocious wildfires, officials warned that the full human and environmental toll was not yet known and the recovery only just beginning.
B.C. mulls return of grizzly hunting in controversial report
The recommendation was recently floated in a first draft of the province’s Grizzly Bear Stewardship Framework, a report providing policy recommendations for the future of grizzly conservation. It summarizes existing data and highlights the present and future risks to the species’ population.
Boiling point? Canada’s warming oceans enter uncharted territory
Home to the longest coastline in the world, Canada is seeing a patchwork of superheating in all three oceans as global sea surface temperatures reached unprecedented heights in July.
This fungal disease is spreading fast. A hotter climate could be to blame
A potentially fatal pathogen called Candida auris has adapted to cross the “temperature barrier” into humans, causing cases in the U.S. to jump 1,200 per cent since 2017.
Environmental group, Ontario Green Party call for police investigation into Ford government’s Greenbelt plans
In the wake of a scathing auditor general report, environmental advocates and one opposition party are calling for Ontario's integrity commissioner and the Ontario Provincial Police to investigate the Ford government's Greenbelt plans.
Hot weather coming to B.C., but no heat dome
A heat wave that is expected to last most of next week has prompted British Columbia's government to warn people to prepare for sweltering conditions, but a repeat of the deadly 2021 heat dome isn't being forecast.
Court cases dropped against 146 Fairy Creek logging protesters
The BC Prosecution Service says it's dropping 146 cases against old-growth logging protesters after Canada's highest court refused to hear an appeal against the acquittal of a demonstrator who had been cleared of criminal contempt.