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Five hereditary Wet’suwet’en chiefs insist Coastal GasLink has no right to build its proposed pipeline, which, if completed, would carry 2 billion cubic feet per day of fracked gas from northeastern B.C. to a proposed processing facility on the Pacific coast.

Similar scenes have played out across southern B.C. in recent days as the province grapples with an unprecedented storm that flooded Merritt, Princeton, and much of the Fraser Valley under metres of frigid, dirty water.

Two hundred Canadian nature organizations are reminding the Trudeau government and all federal parties that “Canada must solve the climate and biodiversity crises together or risk solving neither.”

As Kevin Estrada boated around flooded agricultural land while assisting neighbours during B.C.’s climate disaster, he noticed salmon struggling amid tall grass and flowing water.

The cascading natural disasters in British Columbia have destroyed key pieces of infrastructure that experts say should trigger a nationwide risk assessment to prepare for Canada’s rapidly changing climate.

A Saskatchewan woman journeyed by bike and train to search for a Prairie MP willing to push for a just transition in the House of Commons.

COVID-19 rapid testing will be offered to school students in Ontario as they head out for winter break this year, the provincial government said on Thursday, while high schoolers can get back to four-subject semesters starting in February.

Energy companies including Shell, BP, Chevron and ExxonMobil offered a combined $192 million for drilling rights on federal oil and gas reserves in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, November 17, 2021.

The Manitoba government has decided to not appeal a court ruling that said the federal government has a right to impose a carbon price on provinces.

O'Toole laid down the law Wednesday as he headed into a two-day Tory caucus retreat, one day after showing Sen. Denise Batters the door.

Repairing the British Columbia highways washed out by heavy rains and flooding will be complicated by the scale of the damage, the terrain and the coming winter, building experts say.

The Canadian Armed Forces has been called in to help with recovery efforts in flood-stricken B.C., with the provincial government declaring a state of emergency.

Jonathan Abecassis, a spokesman for Canadian National, said the emergency evacuation train was expected to arrive in Vancouver shortly after 10 p.m.

British Columbia declared a state of emergency on Wednesday, November 17, 2021, following unprecedented flooding that has displaced residents, severed access to multiple highways and killed thousands of livestock while many more animals are in danger of dying.

There's plenty of room and lots of good reasons for Canada and the United States to find common ground on tax credits for electric vehicles, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Wednesday, November 17, 2021.