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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.

A decision over whether to expand an obscure dog sport in Ontario sparked division within Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative caucus that saw the premier agree to cancel a new licensing regime before later resurrecting it, The Canadian Press has learned.

Project Tundra has lost its lead contractor, which pushes back the timetable for a high-profile and controversial plan.

A demonstration of how healthcare delivery in the North could be transformed was witnessed Thursday by a gathering of First Nation health directors.

The 2035 target is the smallest possible increase, given Canada’s current target is a 40 to 45 per cent reduction by 2030. Few outside the oil patch seem happy with it.

The company said it is aiming to add more than 100,000 barrels per day of oil and gas production between 2023 and 2026 and several other Canadian oilsands producers are making similar announcements for increased production by 2025.

Notley announced on social media Thursday morning that, as of Dec. 30, she is resigning as the legislature representative for Edmonton-Strathcona.

The new agreement in principle will see Hydro-Québec pay 30 times more for power from the Churchill Falls hydroelectric station in Labrador, and shell out $3.5 billion for the right to partner on the new installations with Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro.