Attacks on LGBTQ community influenced by events in the U.S.
Wilbur Turner has witnessed his fair share of hate since he came out as a queer man 27 years ago in Alberta.
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Clean fuel regulations and carbon pricing explained
Starting Saturday, July 1, 2023, the federal government's long-promised clean fuel regulations take effect across Canada. Here are five things to know about what they are, how they will affect you and why they are different from the carbon price.
New climate policies in Atlantic Canada spark political battle
There is a clash of wills growing in Atlantic Canada over two new climate policies that take effect this weekend, with premiers demanding Ottawa put the brakes on the plan and the federal government accusing them of playing politics with the planet.
Ukraine's Zelenskyy meets Greta and others to discuss the war's effect on ecology
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the Swedish environmental activist and prominent European figures to form a working group to address ecological damage from the 16-month-old Russian invasion.
Forest strategies must change or we'll face more wildfire disasters
British Columbia's independent forests watchdog is calling for the provincial government to make critical changes to how it manages forests to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires.
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.
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.