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Tuesday brought another day of attacks against the Liberals' carbon pricing policy, even as Trudeau sought to catch Canadians' attention by announcing billions in new spending for housing construction.  

Former Liberal Han Dong met with international students from China and encouraged them to register as Liberal members during his nomination race in 2019 — but the MP didn't mention that to an ongoing federal inquiry into foreign meddling until he took the stand on Tuesday.

Police say a carbon-levy protest in the Crowsnest Pass on Monday led to a multi-vehicle crash after five large farm tractors refused to stop for police.

Plans to save a killer whale calf stranded in a remote tidal lagoon off northern Vancouver Island for almost two weeks have been elevated to attempts to feed the young animal.

Municipalities have been aggressively urging the federal government to commit more dollars toward infrastructure, noting their communities cannot significantly ramp up homebuilding to match population growth without things like water supply and roads. 

The report notes Alberta's government has already set up a drought advisory panel to begin water usage negotiations, while B.C. Premier David Eby has called his province's situation "the most dramatic drought conditions that we've seen."

A closer look at the technology behind Bridgewater’s energy-efficient co-housing community.

A new report released by Efficiency Canada notes that voluntary measures used by individuals and some municipalities to reduce building emissions have been unsuccessful. It suggests a more effective approach would involve implementing mandatory building performance standards in combination with support from the federal government.

To steer the country’s heavy-duty transportation sector away from gas and diesel to non-emitting trucks and buses, Canada needs a robust network of charging and hydrogen fuelling stations.

The city estimates that its wildly popular subsidies are helping to eliminate 170,000 vehicle miles travelled per week.

Premier Tim Houston has responded to a challenge from the prime minister to submit an alternative to the federal carbon pricing program.

A trial opens on Tuesday in a class-action lawsuit accusing the Quebec government of wiping out hundreds of millions of dollars in the value of taxi permits by allowing ride-hailing company Uber to operate and then by abolishing the permit system.

A federal inquiry into foreign interference is set to hear from the Independent MP at the centre of allegations about foreign meddling in Canadian elections.

Nearly a dozen environmental groups are calling on the federal government to expand its review of Canada's forestry sector emissions, saying the current scope fails to address their concerns about underreporting.

A stranded killer whale calf is showing signs of regular activity as it breaches every seven to 10 minutes in a lagoon near the northern Vancouver Island village of Zeballos.