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Capping greenhouse gas emissions from Canada's cows, pigs, chickens and other farm animals, while bolstering support for plant-based food, could help the country reach its climate goals, a new analysis has found. But experts question whether the approach would encourage factory farming, infuriate farmers and further annoy a cash-strapped public.

Salt levels in streams as a result of winter road clearing can be ten times higher than regulated limits at sensitive stages of coho salmon development, UBC researchers find.

Canada is not ready to deal with the damage climate change will inflict on transportation hubs that safeguard our supply chains, warns a Senate committee report.

A mine just reopened in eastern Utah, but the industry has changed. In Emery County, for example, Wolverine’s Fossil Rock Mine reopened — but the local workforce doesn’t seem to want to go underground.

Canadian forests are increasingly primed for severe, uncontrollable wildfires, a study published Thursday said, underlining what the authors described as a pressing need to proactively mitigate the "increased threat posed by climate change."

With MPs set to return to the House of Commons on Jan. 27, the Liberal grip on power appears tenuous. The NDP, which has been a steady ally of the minority government since the 2021 election, is no longer planning to support the Liberals.

Quebecers will be able to put most kinds of containers, packaging and printed material in the recycling, including bags and plastic wrap that weren’t previously recycled.

The rotating presidency involves a series of meetings across the hosting country for senior officials of G7 countries, who co-ordinate policies ranging from defence to digital regulation. Some meetings involve civil society groups, business leaders and organized labour.

The proposed regulations would have required businesses to provide certain data to the registrar before importing or manufacturing a batch of firearms.

Canada’s 100 richest CEOs made 210 times more than the average worker in 2023, a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) reveals.

Churches, synagogues, mosques, and other houses of worship are well positioned to gather resources and mobilize quickly. In rural communities in particular, local churches are natural communal focal points, providing social structure and a trusted information network.

A statement from LeBlanc's office says the extension will help ease the effects of the four-week Canada Post strike.

Research scientist Tim Webster, an expert on coastal issues, says data he has collected during the past 20 years shows Nova Scotia's shoreline is moving inland, on average, about 30 centimetres, or one foot, every year.

The program is overseen nationally by Birds Canada and the results help to underpin some major reports about Canada's bird population, including the federal government's State of Canada's Bird 2024 report.

As Earth grows warmer, its ground is becoming drier and saltier, with profound consequences for the planet’s 8 billion inhabitants — nearly a third of whom already live in places where water is increasingly scarce and the ability to raise crops and livestock is increasingly difficult.