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Throughout the study, nine bird species declined at a rate of 30 per cent or more over the past 10 years, which meets the qualification for an animal to be considered “threatened” under the Canadian endangered species legislation.

The Ontario Liberals promised Tuesday to cut greenhouse gas emissions by strengthening standards for industry, banning new natural gas plants, providing electric vehicle rebates and offering grants for eco-friendly renovations.

Tonight, MPs from across party lines will take part in a virtual townhall on ending fossil fuel subsidies.

Yulia Kovaliv told MPs at a House of Commons committee that Russia is using sexual violence as a weapon of war and said rape and sexual assault must be investigated as war crimes.

The "Rolling Thunder" protest in the national capital over the weekend cost an estimated $2.5 to $3 million to police, says the chair of Ottawa's police services board.

It was dusk on April 14 when Francisco Kuruaya heard a boat approaching along the river near his village in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. He assumed it was the regular delivery boat bringing gasoline for generators and outboard motors to remote settlements like his. Instead, what Kuruaya found was a barge dredging his people’s pristine river in search of gold.

The activists behind road blockades and hunger strikes calling for an end to old-growth logging in British Columbia say their non-violent actions are aimed at sparking public discussion and urging politicians to heed climate science.

An unusually early and brutal heat wave is scorching parts of India, with acute power shortages affecting millions as demand for electricity surges to record levels.

A string of fatalities at Suncor Energy Inc. has caught the attention of investors who view workplace safety breaches as a warning sign of deeper problems within a company.

The Conservative party says six leadership candidates have cleared the final hurdles to getting their names on the ballot, while three others who did not make the cut are pushing back.

"Zoonotic spillovers" are expected to rise, with at least 15,000 instances of viruses leaping between species over the next 50 years.

A coalition of Ontario environmental groups is calling on provincial parties vying for power in the upcoming election to make it illegal to pave over the Greenbelt.

Exchange Income Corp. launches Indigenous pilot training program

In an echo of Premier Doug Ford’s (unfulfilled) “buck-a-beer” election promise four years ago, the Ontario Liberals are promising a buck-a-ride.

Stellantis, the new company created a year ago by the merger of Fiat Chrysler and France's Group PSA, is investing another $2.4 billion to its electrification projects.