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According to Statistics Canada, approximately 19,488 more Canadians died between March 2020 and July 2021 beyond the toll taken by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prof. Suzanne Simard says she's overwhelmed by the newfound celebrity status but wants to continue her focus on saving the forests.

Our oceans are the unsung heroes of climate sequestration and must be factored into international global warming strategies and targets at COP26 or the globe is sunk, says a Canadian scientist.

Forty-five governments led by the U.K. pledged Saturday to spend billions on transforming the world's farms, fisheries and forests in an effort to make our food more sustainable. 

On Wednesday morning, a draft version of the final agreement to come out of the two-week United Nations climate conference was released. Now, the world waits to see what the final text will hold.

Quebec says it plans to transition to electric vehicles for all government departments and ensure all its institutional buildings become zero-emission producers over the next 19 years as it looks to speed up its shift to green energy.

The CleanBC program uses two complementary carbon tax initiatives to encourage greenhouse gas emission reductions.

Toward the end of the U.N. climate summit's first of two weeks, Kerry’s voice grew hoarse from his mission of rallying global climate efforts that are threatening to hit a wall at home.

Boasting about his $1 trillion infrastructure package, President Joe Biden overstated its reach by claiming it would result in 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations and meet his pledge to nudge half of U.S. drivers into EVs by decade’s end.

Plante campaigned on her record leading Montreal during the pandemic and promised to focus on fighting climate change and building more social housing.

For the first time in nearly 20 months, non-essential traffic is once again moving in both directions across the Canada-U.S. land border.

Patricia Lane interviews Junaid Shahzad Khan, who uses his training in ecology to empower communities to weave their own ancient stories with western science to build a better future.

The village of Old Crow, 120 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, was quiet for the first time in decades, as the nation brought its solar energy micro-grid online, said Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm at an official COP26 side event Thursday.

Canada has committed to spending over $1 billion to help developing countries protect their coastlines, forests, and other natural ecosystems in an effort to combat climate change. 

Monday's reopening of the Canada-U.S. land border is sparking a mixed reaction among Canadian business leaders: They're excited that people and not just goods will be crossing the border again but are wary of remaining red tape.