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Canada's largest Pride parade in Toronto included celebration and protest
Bubbles filled the sky and cheers rang through the streets of Toronto on Sunday, June 25, 2023, as thousands of colourfully-clad revelers at Canada's largest Pride parade voiced their support for a community facing rising levels of hate and intolerance.
Sweden's NATO membership bid on the agenda as Trudeau, Nordic leaders meet in Iceland
Sweden's bid to join the NATO military alliance while a war rages in Ukraine and Russia deals with the fallout from a revolt set the stage on Monday for a meeting of Nordic leaders in Iceland, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in attendance.
Wildfire smoke prompts smog warnings in many parts of Quebec
Thick, smoky air blanketed many parts of Quebec on Sunday, June 25, 2023, as more than 110 wildfires raging in the northern parts of the province set more communities on high alert for new evacuation orders.
Trudeau meets Nordic leaders in Iceland to talk Arctic and global security
Arctic security and Russia's invasion of Ukraine were top of mind on Sunday, June 25, 2023, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Iceland for a two-day summit with Nordic leaders.
Investors for Canada’s pension plan double down on oil
CPPIB-owned Civitas Resources’ massive increase in oil production comes just three months after the pension board’s acquisition of a 49 per cent stake in Aera Energy, California’s second-largest oil and gas producer.
Forget the yuck factor: Cities turn to ‘extreme’ water recycling
San Francisco is at the forefront of a movement to recycle wastewater from commercial buildings, homes, and neighbourhoods and use it for toilets and landscaping. This decentralized approach, proponents say, will drive down demand in an era of increasing water scarcity.
FedEx unveils all-electric delivery vehicles
FedEx Express Canada is going electric. The delivery company has added 50 all-electric BrightDrop Zevo 600 vehicles to its fleet — 40 in Toronto, five in Montreal and five in Vancouver.
Highway wildfire closure drives home B.C.’s need to think big about climate measures
“The economic disruption and costs associated with already existing climate change is something that we don't often think about enough," says Marc Lee, senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
Quebec's second largest Cree community evacuated because of fire
The wildfire in Mistissini, Que., was about 10 kilometres from the road to southern Quebec — and about 30 kilometres from the town itself, Chief Michael Petawabno said in an interview. Mistissini is the second largest Cree community in the province, home to around 4,000 people.
Dutch government to kill gas extraction in northern province field after damaging quakes
Faced with mounting anger from residents whose homes were repeatedly rattled by the shallow tremors, the government had already wound down extraction from the field which held 2,800 billion cubic meters of gas.
Law passes requiring Google and Meta to pay for news content
A federal bill that will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news content that they share or otherwise repurpose on their platforms has become law.
More evacuations in Quebec as wildfires force Northern city and Cree community out of their homes
A northern Quebec city and a Cree community have ordered to residents to leave their homes as the areas face the threat of forest fires.
Perils facing foreign firefighters include flames, fatigue and getting 'eaten alive' by mosquitoes
Eighteen-year-old Hunter Sousa from Maine celebrated his high school graduation by hopping in a truck and heading to Nova Scotia to fight the biggest forest fire in the province's history.
The Paris summit on finance and climate ends. Action items to come
After all the talking, time for tangible solutions?