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Secret reports the federal government is relying on to argue the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is commercially viable are based on the unrealistic assumption the pipeline will operate for 100 years, Canada’s financial watchdog told Canada’s National Observer.

Coming into operation in the 1980s, the station is one of four in Canada and the only nuclear power station outside of Ontario.

One Save Old Growth activist is expected to be released from custody while another remains in jail for another week after corrections staff failed to get him to his bail hearing. 

A plan to tear down and replace British Columbia's provincial museum was put on hold indefinitely on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, by Premier John Horgan who admitted he miscalculated public support for the $789 million project.

Despite progress in Canada in the field of transgender health care, for the more than 100,800 trans or non-binary Canadians, access to gender-affirming care comes with barriers and delays that vary by province.

Almost 100,000 mail-in ballots were not counted in the federal election, most because they arrived after the deadline, a report by Elections Canada has revealed.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid his respects to victims of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide in Kigali, Rwanda where he is attempting to build consensus with Commonwealth nations to prevent a new humanitarian crisis.

Leaders of Commonwealth nations are expected to call for increased climate action at a meeting in Rwanda this week, ahead of the United Nations climate change summit in the seaside resort of Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt later this year.

A federal research unit detected what might be a Chinese Communist Party information operation that aimed to discourage Canadians of Chinese heritage from voting for the Conservatives in the last federal election.

A confidence and supply agreement reached between the Liberals and NDP three months ago changed the dynamic of the House of Commons, even in a parliamentary sitting that will mainly be remembered for the axing of another Conservative leader, and the further polarizing of Canadian politics by a convoy against pandemic restrictions.

Quebec's Health Department began releasing data on the presence of COVID-19 in wastewater on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, a potentially powerful screening tool for detecting trends in the evolution of the pandemic, researchers say, but the data it provides can be imprecise.

The group found an ample amount of rare lichen among the trees slated for logging, requiring enough buffer zones to make over half of the area protected.

The Kitasoo Xai’xais First Nation has unilaterally established a new marine protected area, citing long delays and inaction on the part of the federal government.

American youth climate activist Sophia Kianni tells a Toronto audience about the climate strike movement’s strategic shift to policy as her Climate Cardinals translation service proves the need for environmental and climate literacy in the Global South.

The Crown corporation says the area will not be cleared until there's confirmation from a wildlife resource specialist that no nests are active, which would be the end of nesting season.