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Citing privacy laws, a spokesperson for the Privy Council Office said it cannot disclose details, even though some of that information from past years has been made public.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says people seeking asylum at the border with Canada will have less time to consult a lawyer before making their case, as President Joe Biden's asylum halt makes its way to Canada’s doorstep.

Officials with the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation announced the move, saying the Flanagan fire was directly threatening their community of Sandy Bay.

The town also reports that while 358 structures were destroyed, mostly businesses and homes, the total number of housing units lost is about 800.

British Columbia has already spent about $387 million battling fires so far this year, as crews brace for more lightning-caused starts in the coming days, the director of provincial operations for the province's wildfire service said on Tuesday.

British Columbia's fruit growers co-operative that served farmers for almost a century has filed for creditor protection, citing more than $58 million in liabilities and a disastrous crop failure this year that it called "the final tipping point."

For a third year, the tourism companies of B.C. have put coastal guides to work on a coastal clean-up project. Despite their much smaller operating budget, the 12-person crew is unwavering in its dedication to the task.

Analysis of government data by Canada’s National Observer takes you through the rise in temporary foreign worker permit holders in Canada's forestry industry.

The neglected environmental and health benefits of fighting Big Meat — for humans.

A new study shows that oil and gas companies went on the offensive in 2023, meeting with federal government officials more than 1,250 times to delay, weaken or block climate policies.

People often resist congestion pricing because they favour the status quo, but seeing its benefits firsthand has turned skeptics into supporters around the world.

On Canada's East Coast, an associate professor at Dalhousie University and a fresh water ecologist have found a tantalizing secondary benefit to a technique used to save fish in increasingly acidic rivers.

Scientists at the University of British Columbia are experimenting with ways to keep chemicals shed by vehicle tires from entering waterways and causing widespread coho salmon deaths.

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, the company building the facility near the Ottawa River, has informed Kebaowek First Nation of its intent to displace the black bears from their homes in spite of a pending legal challenge.

Our newest podcast, a co-production with Cited Podcast, reinvestigates the Exxon Valdez spill 35 years later, bringing new voices, new information and new stories to one of history’s most infamous environmental disasters.