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West Coast Fishculture, a fish farm owned by AgriMarine Holdings, was ordered to pay $350,000 for illegally operating on Lois Lake in B.C.

The project will harness geothermal energy from beneath the earth to heat and cool 312 homes, aiming for a "net-zero" energy footprint.

More than 50 years after the Gitanyow first raised concerns over the diminishing Kitwanga sockeye salmon population and halted harvest, Fisheries and Oceans Canada is building a hatchery for the species to be operated by the nation.

Amnesty International has given the distinction — extended to people incarcerated for their politics, religion, ethnicity or other personal or protected status — to Chief Dsta'hyl, a Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief arrested for his opposition to the Coastal Gaslink pipeline.

The Alberta Energy Regulator's $50,000 fine for Imperial Oil for tailings leaks at one of its oilsands facilities is a paltry measure in the face of its massive profits, according to several critics.

Moves toward phasing out fossil fuel use and gas-powered engines, for example, haven't worked by themselves, but they are more successful when combined with some kind of energy tax or additional cost system, study authors concluded in an exhaustive analysis of global emissions, climate policies and laws.

Bruce Heyman, who served as ambassador from 2014 to 2017, gave Canada a “tsunami warning,” saying if Trump takes the White House, Canada is at great risk.

The results from a recent Leger poll suggest more than one in three Canadians have been touched directly by extreme weather such as forest fires, heat waves, floods or tornadoes.

In a first for Canada, freight traffic on its two largest railways has simultaneously stopped, threatening to upend supply chains trying to move forward from pandemic-related disruptions and a port strike last year.

Despite attracting billions in electric vehicle (EV) investments, the Ford government rejected a proposal by NDP-MPP Jennifer French to mandate “rough-in” installations for EV chargers in new homes, citing concerns about increased building costs when she first proposed the legislation in June.

'Integrated' plans that capture carbon and restore biodiversity while also supporting the livelihoods of local communities are not only less harmful, says Dr. Trisha Gopalakrishna — they're also more likely to succeed.

The planet is facing interconnected threats from climate change, nature loss and plastic pollution. Officials say that three upcoming environmental conferences could be key to develop strategies to address them.

The territory will add $5 million of its own to the investment, intended to help it acquire firefighting equipment as wildfires trigger evacuations in the north.

But Bouchart said disruption should be minimal since the feeder main won't have to be shut down.

The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says Adler's past comments toward Indigenous Peoples are "grossly offensive" and perpetuate stereotypes.