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This Washington state refinery community has pulled the plug on any new fossil fuel projects
A county in Washington state has become the first such jurisdiction in the U.S. to ban new fossil fuel infrastructure following a lengthy battle over the impact of oil refineries on the local community.
Climate change is battering farmers with a new plague — ticks
Experts warn cases of Lyme disease could become more common as climate change puts farmers, foresters, and others who work the land at greater risk of tick-borne illnesses.
How should Canada finance infrastructure in an era of climate breakdown?
Government and its critics agree infrastructure needs to be built for a changing climate, but how it's financed will be pivotal to the type of infrastructure Canadians get.
Report warns thousands could die if wildfire response isn’t changed
Western Canada must urgently address the threats posed by highly destructive wildfires or face deadly and costly consequences, says a group of forest and environmental experts from British Columbia and the United States.
Archdiocese grovels after Winnipeg priest accuses residential school survivors of lying
A Winnipeg archdiocese will no longer allow a Catholic priest to preach publicly or teach after he suggested during a sermon that residential school survivors lied to get settlement money.
Nenshi says Alberta's decision to lift COVID health orders 'height of insanity'
Alberta's health minister says it was the idea of the province's chief medical health officer to end isolation requirements for those who test positive for COVID-19 or who have been in close contact with someone who has.
Green Party paying dearly for legal battles with Annamie Paul
The Green party is poised to shell out hundreds of thousands of dollars on legal battles with leader Annamie Paul, worsening an already rough financial situation as a federal election nears.
Europeans are on vacation, so vaccination teams hitting top holiday spots
Europe's famed summer holiday season is in full swing, but efforts to inoculate people against the coronavirus are not taking a break.
Experts predict GG will allow snap election if Trudeau asks
The long-standing tradition of the Governor General acceding to Canadian prime ministers' requests to dissolve Parliament will practically push Mary Simon to accept a plea from Justin Trudeau to call an election, a constitutional law expert said on Wednesday, July 28, 2021.
Some COVID restrictions return for Central Okanagan, B.C.'s holiday hotspot
Officials have reinstated some COVID-19 restrictions in part of a health region in British Columbia's Interior after an outbreak led to rapidly spreading infection driven primarily by unvaccinated residents between the ages of 20 and 40.
Alberta ends isolation rules for people with COVID and their contacts
Alberta is ending isolation requirements for people who test positive for COVID-19 and their close contacts as cases climb in the province.
Trudeau sinks billions into N.L.’s troubled Muskrat Falls megaproject
Ahead of a likely federal election, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dropped into Newfoundland and Labrador on Wednesday with a multibillion-dollar bailout package designed to beat down the soaring costs of the contentious Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project and avert a feared bankruptcy.
Oregon’s Bootleg Fire offers lessons for a dried-out, overheated West
In the next few years, scientists will scrutinize the Sycan Marsh to see how the Bootleg Fire reacted to different types of forest management, which will help people understand how to tame wildfires.