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Premier Jason Kenney has filed his defence in a defamation lawsuit brought against him by environmental groups over his remarks on the release of an inquiry into supposed misinformation about Alberta's energy industry.

British Columbia is making room to accommodate potentially thousands of Ukrainians fleeing as Russia's invasion pushes further into their country, says Premier John Horgan.

A protest planned for around the British Columbia legislature over COVID-19 mandates has drawn sharp criticism from the province's premier.

Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says it will be another week or two before Canada will know with certainty how much extra oil it can produce and ship to help offset bans on the use of fossil fuels from Russia.

The Ontario government is proposing legislative changes that would open the door to storing carbon dioxide underground in the province, but it’s unclear where the captured greenhouse gas would go.

A broad rebound in the job market scooped up young workers across Canada in February as provinces lifting COVID-19 restrictions meant more employment in reopened bars, restaurants, gyms and other indoor places.

If the Coastal GasLink pipeline is completed, 16 First Nations in B.C. will have a combined 10 per cent ownership stake in the project.

The Toronto District School Board, Canada’s largest, will go along with the Ford government’s plan to make wearing a mask a personal choice in Ontario schools, but asked to delay dropping the COVID-19 classroom safety measure on return from March break.

The U.N. Security Council scheduled a meeting on Friday, March 11, 2022, at Russia’s request to discuss what Moscow claims are “the military biological activities of the U.S. on the territory of Ukraine,” allegations vehemently denied by Ukraine's leader and the Biden administration.

Satellites spot troubling signals that may portend a transformation from rainforest to savanna, with profound implications for the planet.

“The solution is to move away from fossil fuels,” Steven Guilbeault told Canada’s National Observer. “That’s how we ultimately reduce our dependency.”

Recent graduates in microbiology and other disciplines are helping Toronto keep track of trends in COVID-19 infections by running daily lab tests on sewage samples from across the city.

Journalist-playwright Alanna Mitchell says the time is now to focus on ways to save the Earth’s oceans.

Ontario plans to build four new highways, expand five existing ones and put in more than 40 kilometres of new subway, according to an expansive 30-year transportation plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe area announced Thursday.

Two days before Canadians across the country will come together in a show of widespread support for just transition legislation, the federal government announced a long-awaited next step to ensure “a just transition through the creation of sustainable jobs.”