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A new report warns of severe habitat destruction, biodiversity loss, water contamination and other serious impacts if the Ford government's proposed Highway 413 proceeds across three key watersheds.

Regulators cited the Goodyear chemical plant for releasing high amounts of a bladder carcinogen last year but say they are still investigating.

But clean energy think tank the Pembina Institute said concerns about the new law shouldn't prevent Pathways from pulling the trigger on its proposed $16.5-billion carbon capture and storage project.

A 33-day provincial election campaign is expected to officially get started today in New Brunswick.

The Conservative Party of B.C. that didn't elect a single member in the last election and gained less than two per cent of the popular vote is now leading the charge for centre-right, anti-NDP voters.

Oil and gas production hikes and rebounding air travel put a drag on Canada's climate progress last year, but a new report says the country was still able to make a modest cut to its planet-warming emissions.

Lomiko Metals Inc., a mining company based in Surrey, B.C., wants to mine graphite — one of the world's most sought-after minerals — at a site near Duhamel, Que. Initially, residents' main fear was about the potential harm to the environment.

Brian Smallshaw is still waiting for an apology from RCMP for his wrongful arrest near Fairy Creek logging protests. But the historian from Salt Spring is satisfied with the results of an RCMP Civilian Review and Complaints Commission investigation, released in its entirety this week, that found officers were out of line when they arrested him for ‘obstructing a peace officer’ three years ago.

This week, ExxonMobil Canada announced there is “no evidence of hydrocarbons” in its Persephone exploration well, which the company hoped would unlock billions of barrels of oil off the coast of N.L. The news follows a similar announcement by Equinor and partner BP earlier in the month, which noted that its Sitka well near the site of Bay du Nord was also a failure.

Chrissy Isaacs's grandson knows the water is sick. He freaks out when he sees someone drinking from the tap. All he has known is big blue water jugs.

A Climate Rights International report exposes the increasingly heavy-handed treatment of climate activists in Australia, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, the UK and the US.

Alberta Energy Minister Brian Jean's department is opening consultations on how to deal with Alberta's nearly half-million oil and gas wells, two-thirds of which are not producing. Estimates of the potential cost vary wildly into the hundreds of billions of dollars.

Now that the NDP has ended the supply-and-confidence deal with the Liberals, the minority government needs to shore up support from opposition parties on a vote-by-vote basis.

The review focused on the unsuccessful campaign of Conservative candidate Kenny Chiu in the riding of Steveston-Richmond East and the party's larger efforts in the Vancouver area.