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Giving African Nova Scotian, Black and Indigenous peoples a place at the table in the fight against climate change.

In the heart of Port-au-Prince, amidst the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Haiti, two determined lawyers, Atzer Alcindor and Jean Bonald Golinsky Fatal, who founded the Human Rights Laboratory, stand as beacons of hope.

Gas prices are set to rise in Alberta next month, with the provincial government fully reinstating its fuel tax following a drop in oil prices.

Safeguarding water near a planned nuclear waste facility requires more rigorous examination, Indigenous consultation and mitigation measures, an Algonquin First Nation chief told a federal committee Thursday.

Since 2015, Hope Blooms has grown to include not only the original working garden where local kids still work every summer and produce their famous salad dressing, but also a fair food community farmers’ market and many other initiatives.

The move comes as a joint consent order was submitted Wednesday to the Federal Court by the federal and Ontario governments to cancel the ongoing federal assessment of the Highway 413 proposal.

The BC Utilities Commission has dealt a blow to efforts by the province’s gas utility to expand natural gas infrastructure in the province. 

The trend is bad news for shelters and wildlife alike.

A consortium of Canada's largest oilsands companies will submit an application before the end of the week for approval of its proposed $16.5-billion carbon capture pipeline project.

The Liberals, NDP and Bloc Quebecois all voted against a Conservative motion calling for a vote of non-confidence in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for refusing to call off a planned increase in the carbon price on April 1.

Natural Resources and Forestry Minister Graydon Smith says the province wants more people fighting wildland fires and is planning a recruitment blitz ahead of the start of the wildfire season that begins in April.

State lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday that would expand the state's existing fracking ban by blocking natural gas drilling companies from using an extraction method that involves injecting huge amounts of liquid carbon dioxide into the ground.

Mulroney's casket will lie in repose at St. Patrick's Basilica today and Friday ahead of Saturday's state funeral.

The agencies were referring to “e-waste,” which is defined as discarded devices with a plug or battery, including cellphones, electronic toys, TVs, microwave ovens, e-cigarettes, laptop computers and solar panels. It does not include waste from electronic vehicles, which fall into a separate category.

Such a summit would have been unthinkable a dozen years ago in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan, but a warming planet creating a need to phase out fossil fuels and war in Ukraine laying bare a dependence on Russian energy have turned the tables over the past half decade.