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Two weeks spent combing secluded beaches for plastics with B.C. coastal guides have taught me an important lesson for the policymakers and pundits: Taking action for the climate is hard work, but it's not impossible.

The ocean crop boasts nearly nonexistent farm-to-table carbon emissions, but bureaucratic snags and lack of an established market have historically deterred young farmers.

A lack of infrastructure, complications from the pandemic and extreme weather events are conspiring to put unhoused pets on U.S. Indigenous reserves in increasing danger.

A new study presented this week at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference found increased rates of dementia the more people are exposed to wildfire smoke.

Strahl was first elected in 1993 and represented the B.C. riding of Chilliwack–Fraser Canyon until his retirement in 2011.

A decision released online this week says the case was filed in B.C. in August 2022, alleging the Switzerland-based firm's family of herbicide products, marketed as Gramoxone, causes Parkinson's disease.

The lawsuit against Nova Scotia is one of several actions being taken in the wake of climate disasters across Canada.

The Hesquiaht First Nation community of Hot Springs Cove is celebrating a long-awaited victory for energy security and the environment.

A whistleblower who played a key role raising the alarm of the health risks posed by the oilsands has a new concern – this time in his own backyard.

Right whales are detected through visual confirmation from flights and acoustic detection from gliders. However, a policy recommendation document prepared for Minister of Transport Pablo Rodriguez says that Canada will be slashing its flight hours for right whale detection by almost 50 per cent in 2024.

“We’re creating a world where these ice sheets are going to melt.”

McGill University global health researcher Dr. Madhukar Pai says the current risk to Canadians is low, but it's important to provide funding and resources to help African nations get the outbreak under control.

Citing privacy laws, a spokesperson for the Privy Council Office said it cannot disclose details, even though some of that information from past years has been made public.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says people seeking asylum at the border with Canada will have less time to consult a lawyer before making their case, as President Joe Biden's asylum halt makes its way to Canada’s doorstep.

Officials with the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation announced the move, saying the Flanagan fire was directly threatening their community of Sandy Bay.