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Parents and teachers in four provinces are bracing for students to return to the classroom on Monday, January 17, 2022, as the Omicron variant-fuelled wave of COVID-19 continues to spread and questions remain about how prepared schools really are for a full-scale return.

In an email to Canada’s National Observer, Defence department media relations confirmed the Canadian Forces Housing Agency will participate in the program and has tree-planting plans for most of its locations across Canada over the next seven years.

Invasive gorse plant is widely cleared in Scotland and has been used as animal fodder in the past.

On Nov. 1, Abby Herd helped lead a group of Simon Fraser University students over the finish line as they won an eight-year campaign to persuade the administration to divest from fossil fuels by 2025.

Environmental groups opposing fossil fuel expansion off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador are appealing after a request for a judicial review on exploratory oil and gas drilling legislation was dismissed. 

A new conservation area on B.C.'s Galiano Island will protect cultural history, provide a pit stop for migratory birds and boost the ability of an at-risk ecosystem to withstand climate change.

Indigenous chiefs from across British Columbia are gathering Saturday to call for an immediate stop to police violence against Wet’suwet’en and other land defenders.

Delaying climate action leads to higher risks for Canada’s economy and financial sector, warns an analysis released Friday by the Bank of Canada and the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions.

Supply chain issues have made it challenging to provides nurses with all the equipment they need.

Health Canada should be ready to make an authorization decision about Pfizer's Paxlovid antiviral treatment for COVID-19 in a week to 10 days, chief medical adviser Dr. Supriya Sharma said on Thursday, January 13, 2022.

Quebec Premier François Legault says the number of daily COVID-19 cases in Quebec appears to have peaked, allowing him to lift the curfew on Monday, January 17, 2022, that he imposed to protect hospitals from a record surge in infections.

O'Toole, who encourages vaccinations but opposes vaccine mandates, called Quebec's proposal unfair, predicting that it won't persuade those who are hesitant to get a shot to finally roll up their sleeves. 

The prince's morality is in doubt after an American woman alleged that she was trafficked by sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with whom the prince was friends, and coerced into having sex with the prince three times while she was underage.

Opposition MPs on the committee fear the pandemic is being used to undermine the privacy of Canadians who were not aware that a government agency has been collecting mobile-phone data. 

Pressure continues to mount against the Coastal GasLink pipeline in Interior B.C., as posters appeared in Vancouver on Thursday highlighting the violation of Indigenous rights and the impacts of climate change.