Canadian food banks are 'addressing the symptom, not the cause'
The word "crisis" comes up quickly when speaking with those who run food banks across Canada.
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How compostable bags ended up on the wrong side of federal plastics ban
Fiesta Farms co-owner Dean Virgona said the grocery store started offering compostable bags at the checkout to divert plastic waste. Now the federal plastics ban means they have to find a new alternative.
Lake Michigan communities living in a coal waste nightmare
One advocate calls the coal ash pits in her town a "ticking time bomb."
Canada’s climate adaptation plan gives a nod to Indigenous knowledge as wildfires burn
Indigenous communities remain on the front lines of the climate crisis, suffering the worst effects of climate disaster and tragedy. Here are two components of Ottawa's national climate adaptation strategy that may help.
Montreal fireworks cancelled over wildfire smoke
Two major fireworks displays, including for Canada Day, have been cancelled in Montreal as air-quality concerns persist because of wildfires burning in northern Quebec.
Meta ends journalism fellowship program as Bill C-18 fallout continues
The newswire agency was informed Wednesday that Meta will end the contract, which has funded roughly 30 reporting fellowship positions for early-career journalists at CP since the program's inception in 2020.
Greens chide Liberals over ‘extraordinarily naive’ meeting with ‘one of the most awful oil companies in existence’
Green Party leaders have fired a shot directly at the Liberal cabinet following a high-profile meeting between two federal ministers and executives from Royal Dutch Shell.
Ottawa offers $200 million to protect key Maritimes land link
The federal government is ready to pay up to $200 million to protect a vital land corridor linking Nova Scotia and New Brunswick from climate change-related flooding, a federal minister has confirmed.
Search finds 88 potential graves at northern Alberta residential school
Sucker Creek First Nation Chief Roderick Willier remembers never feeling safe during the decade he spent at a residential school in northern Alberta.
Canadian wildfire smoke increases health risks in Black and poorer US communities
Smoky air from Canada’s wildfires shrouded broad swaths of the U.S. from Minnesota to New York and Kentucky on Wednesday, June 28, 2023, prompting warnings to stay inside and exacerbating health risks for people already suffering from industrial pollution.
RoseAnne Archibald loses her position as Assembly of First Nations national chief
The Assembly of First Nations moved to oust RoseAnne Archibald as its national chief on Wednesday, June 28, 2023, after more than a year of turmoil involving her leadership of the advocacy organization.
New Zealand bans thin plastic bags from supermarkets
Beginning Saturday, New Zealand will become the first country to ban the thin plastic bags that supermarket customers use to collect their fruit and vegetables.
Conservative voters not as proud to be Canadian as others, new survey suggests
Canadians' pride in their nationality, like most things these days, seems to be divided down partisan lines, a new poll suggests.
Choose reconciliation, not fireworks on Canada Day, some political leaders say
Chief Don Tom of the Tsartlip First Nation on Vancouver Island says he's been known to "partake" in watching fireworks, as a way to bring families together.
Environmental advocates slam ‘insufficient’ efforts to cut climate pollution
On the two-year anniversary of a heat dome that killed 619 people, environmental advocates issued a plea to B.C. Premier David Eby to slash greenhouse gas emissions in line with climate targets the province has set for the end of the decade.