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Counter-protests pop up across Canada as hateful anti-LGBTQ rallies begin
Protests and counter-protests for and against Canada's trans and LGBTQ community are being planned across Canada on Wednesday.
It's Wednesday. Time to save the world at the UN General Assembly
If you think your Wednesday is going to be busy, pour one out for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Time to have the roadkill talk
It’s the environmental problem no one is paying attention to, argues Ben Goldfarb in his new book, Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet.
In Germany, wind turbines are being torn down to make way for a coal mine — and RBC is financing it
Sustainable finance could be an important step to paying for the energy transition to a climate-safe future, so why is it being used to tear down wind turbines to expand a coal mine?
Toronto considers ban on gas-burning vehicles-for-hire by 2031
The plan calls for all vehicles for hire, with the exception of stretch limousines and accessible vehicles, to be zero-emission by 2031. Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles would be allowed until Dec. 31, 2032.
Canada told allies about suspicions over India's involvement B.C. murder
Yet while Trudeau is urging India to take the matter seriously, Liberals also say they hope to maintain normal ties with a country Ottawa has selected as a key partner in the Indo-Pacific.
Grocery magnates meet with feds, agree to work to stabilize food prices
Top executives from Canada's major grocery chains have agreed to work with the federal government on stabilizing prices, Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne says, but few details have been divulged about how that will be achieved.
B.C. Sikhs request protection after India blamed for Nijjar murder
Harkirat Kaur said she had a relationship with Sikh community leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar that was like “father and daughter” before his killing in Surrey, B.C., in June.
Climate, development, India on Trudeau's agenda as he travels to UN General Assembly
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is headed to the UN General Assembly with the planet at a climate crossroads — and Canada facing an ever more fraught relationship with the world's fastest-growing economy.
Diplomats booted after Trudeau links Indian government to B.C. Sikh leader's murder
Senior diplomats have been ordered expelled in both Canada and India after Prime Minster Justin Trudeau linked agents of India's government to the shooting death of a Sikh leader near Vancouver.
An inside look at the plot to make climate denial mainstream
Efforts by libertarian conspiracy theorists and climate change deniers to block climate initiatives in the Kootenay region of B.C. are threatening to engulf the province as the loose coalition plots ways to expand its ideology.
Earth ‘well outside safe operating space for humanity’
The first complete "scientific health check" shows most global systems are beyond the stable range in which modern civilization emerged.
MPs want a word with Suncor’s top boss
MPs on the federal natural resources committee want Suncor CEO Rich Kruger to answer questions after Kruger indicated the oil giant must lessen its focus on energy transition to ensure maximum profitability.
Trudeau says Canada believes Indian government linked to B.C. Sikh leader's murder
Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot in the parking lot of his gurdwara in Surrey, B.C., on June 18. While Sikh community leaders in Canada have insisted the government of India was involved, police have always said they had no evidence of that.