Toronto votes to delay — but not dismiss — possibility of burning trash
Toronto has too much garbage and not enough places to put it.
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Squid find noisy boats deafening
Bad news: 15 minutes of thrumming from a diesel engine makes squid hard of hearing. Good news: the cephalopods can recover within hours — if we let them.
Supreme Court rules today on constitutionality of Safe Third Country Agreement
Canada's top court will deliver the final word on Friday on whether the pact between Canada and the United States to control the flow of asylum seekers violates their fundamental rights.
Bill that will force Meta, Google to pay for news closer to becoming law
A bill aimed at getting tech giants such as Meta and Google to pay publishers for news that appears on their platforms is one step closer to becoming law.
Manitoba bus and truck crash leave 15 dead and 10 injured
A day trip to the casino for a busload of seniors turned to devastation and unimaginable loss on Thursday, June 15, 2023, after a fiery crash with a truck on the Trans-Canada Highway west of Winnipeg.
Thousands of people are now back home, but wildfires still leave many evacuated
People in parts of Alberta and British Columbia are returning home after wildfire evacuation orders were lifted.
Should you dump your gas stove? The health-risks studies are inconsistent
A Canadian study suggests an association between household use of gas stoves and a higher risk of asthma in some kids. However, like other recent studies on the issue, the results were inconsistent.
‘Crucial milestone in our fight against climate change and the protection of workers' interests’
The federal government’s long-awaited sustainable jobs legislation was met with applause and endorsements from unions and labour groups Thursday, despite negotiations going down to the wire.
A growing number of Canadian farmers have no succession plan
The looming shortage of skilled agricultural workers is cause for concern in a country that is the world’s fifth-largest exporter of agri-food and seafood, a recent report by the Royal Bank of Canada suggests.
The Earth’s health failing in seven out of eight key measures
A new groundbreaking analysis of safety and justice hopes to inform the next generation of sustainability policy.
UN requires climate talk delegates to state affiliation to curb Big Oil lobbying efforts
Climate campaigners have long complained that the so-called Conferences of the Parties, or COPs, are undermined by lobbyists for oil and gas firms attending under the guise of country delegates.
For 11 days this month, global temperatures spiked into the no-go zone
The mercury has since dipped again, but experts say the short surge marked a new global heat record for June and indicates more extremes ahead as the planet enters an El Niño phase that could last years.
Feds table sustainable jobs bill to back up pledge to help workers transition
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said it is not about shutting down Canada's fossil fuel industry, but the sector will only survive if it massively invests in technology to cut greenhouse-gas emissions from extracting and refining oil and gas.
Trudeau learned of serial killer Paul Bernardo's prison transfer the day it happened
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office says he learned about the prison transfer of Paul Bernardo the day it happened — a day earlier than Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino.
BC environmentalists applaud as global salmon farm company backs land-based aquaculture in Japan
The backing of a land-based salmon farm in Japan by a global company with ties to ocean fish farms in British Columbia has Indigenous and conservation groups calling on the federal government to accelerate its transition away from open-net farms.