Ontario nature organizations call on province, feds to protect Great Lakes
Canada has a goal to protect 25 per cent of its land and freshwater by 2025, and Nature Canada says the Great Lakes need to be included in this.
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World food crisis fuels rise in forced child marriages
Plan International Canada said it has seen a worrying increase in the number of teenage girls in the developing world being forced into marriage because their families cannot afford to feed them.
Heavy rains crush 10 historic buildings in Yemeni capital
The Old City of Sanaa is a UNESCO World Heritage site, and the area is believed to have been inhabited for more than two millennia.
Doug Ford’s ‘strong mayor’ legislation won't solve housing crisis: critics
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to give the mayors of Ottawa and Toronto greater power with so-called strong mayor legislation introduced Wednesday in an apparent bid to speed up housing development in the province.
Environmentalists push DFO to halt pipeline construction after dead salmon found at Trans Mountain site
Environmentalists are calling on Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) to halt pipeline construction in Hope, B.C., after dead salmon were found at Trans Mountain’s worksite on the Coquihalla River last weekend.
B.C. ups plastics fund to encourage businesses to cut pollution
British Columbia is increasing funding incentives for businesses to $10 million to develop products to reduce plastic pollution.
Delivering new dental service for kids 'complicated,' Freeland says
The government is working hard to meet its end-of-year deadline to deliver dental-care coverage to kids, the deputy prime minister said on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, but added providing new services is "complicated."
Montreal mayor summons independent investigation into Pride parade cancellation
An independent investigation will be held into Pride Montreal's last-minute cancellation over the weekend of its emblematic parade, the City of Montreal announced on Tuesday, August 9, 2022.
Senegalese diplomat arrested by Quebec police owed $45,000 in rent to former landlord
The detention and alleged beating of a Senegalese diplomat by Quebec police last week occurred while a bailiff was attempting to seize property at her residence in connection with a court judgment against her.
As Vancouver dismantles downtown tent city, residents say they have nowhere to go
A resident of a street encampment in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside watched on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, as workers began removing some people's belongings after the city handed out notices advising that tents and other structures will be dismantled.
Ontario conservatives favour Poilievre — rest of Canada, not so much
Ontario MP Pierre Poilievre remains the heavy favourite to be the next Conservative party leader but he trails opponent Jean Charest for support among Canadians as a whole.
Fishers and conservationists jubilant over large salmon returns to B.C.
The summer of 2022 is shaping up to be a bumper season for both pink and sockeye salmon in British Columbia rivers, with one veteran Indigenous fisherman reporting the biggest catches of sockeye in decades.
Bill boosts U.S. climate credibility causing advocates to say, 'We're back baby'
After a moment when hopes dimmed that the United States could become an international leader on climate change, legislation that Congress is poised to approve could rejuvenate the country’s reputation and bolster its efforts to push other nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions more quickly.
India passes energy conservation bill
India took another step toward meeting its climate goals on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, when lawmakers in parliament’s lower house approved legislation that would require greater use of renewable energy and force industrial polluters to pay a price for the carbon they emit.
For the love of dogs: Helping to care for pets in fire zone
When 2,000 residents of the Mathias Colomb Cree Nation were forced out of Pukatawagan because of a wildfire in July, they had to leave their beloved pets behind.