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Freeland shocked the political world Monday morning when she announced her sudden resignation from cabinet Monday morning. She said in her resignation letter the only "honest and viable path" was to step down after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told her Friday he was moving her out of the finance portfolio and offering her another role in cabinet.

Liberal candidate Madison Fleischer, a local business owner, will face Conservative Tamara Jansen who previously held the seat.

The update is expected to include measures to spur business investment in Canada to respond to Trump's "America first" economic agenda.

The meeting of the 13 premiers, chaired by Ford, took place the same day as Chrystia Freeland resigned as federal finance minister, before she was set to present her government's fall economic statement.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is holding a cabinet meeting this morning ahead of the release of his government's fall economic statement.

Mail will begin moving again on Tuesday as Canada Post employees return to work for the first time in more than a month after the federal government pushed to end the stoppage.

For Fariza Sultany, climate change isn’t just a global crisis — it’s a visceral reality within the walls of her sweltering Toronto apartment. Barred from installing air-conditioning at home, she survives the hottest summer days by fleeing to public air-conditioned spaces and taking cold showers.

Research shows that social media influencers can shape climate denialism around the world.

British Columbia's gas utility is hiking its prices nearly 20 per cent, in part to help cover the cost of a climate plan that will do little to reduce the province’s harmful emissions or use of fossil-based natural gas.

Geddes Creek is adjacent to Kootenay National Park and just east of the Columbia mountains and Purcell Wilderness Conservancy. This piece of land is an important piece of the Radium wildlife corridor.

Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is catching flak from opposition MPs after Canada’s Impact Assessment Agency decided a massive thermal coal mine expansion in Alberta does not require a federal assessment.

The BC NDP Government and Green Party have hashed out new confidence and supply agreement focused on common ground rather than points of contention to bolster the NDP’s slim margin in the legislature after the recent election.

The campaign organized by Decolonial Solidarity, Change Course and Stand.Earth has drawn a mix of intrigue, skepticism and praise from organizers and academics who study Canadian social movements. Observers says it offers an example of how advocacy groups are testing out novel tactics to bring in new recruits in the fight against global warming.

A proposed deal that would see three tobacco giants pay out billions to provinces and territories, as well as smokers across Canada, has been approved by the companies' creditors, a lawyer representing some of the creditors said on Thursday, calling it an important milestone in a lengthy legal saga.

In July, the federal government upgraded the eastern wolf's threat level from "status of special concern" to "threatened," based on a 2015 report by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. That report found the population count may be as low as 236 mature individuals in its central Ontario and southern Quebec habitat.