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Trucks, RVs and other vehicles with Canadian flags or banners with the word "freedom'' in giant letters along their front grilles remain on Wellington Street in front of Parliament Hill, with drivers saying they will stay put until all COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions are lifted.

Bringing children to the antigovernment blockades that have immobilized downtown Ottawa and shuttered border crossings is among the activities that could net protesters a fine of up to $5,000 or five years in prison while Canada is under the national Emergencies Act.

A blockade that paralyzed a United States border crossing for more than two weeks ended on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, as trucks and other vehicles with horns blaring rolled away from a southern Alberta community.

British Columbia will drop capacity limits for indoor and outdoor gatherings including at sporting events, fitness centres, restaurants, bars and nightclubs as it shifts to a new phase of managing COVID-19 while preparing for ongoing waves of the pandemic.

Significant numbers of salmon returning to spawn in British Columbia are being caught in southeast Alaskan fisheries, hindering Canada's efforts to preserve and rebuild stocks that are declining to historic lows, B.C. salmon advocates say.

A new report by a Canadian environmental group says alternatives to Line 5 already exist if the controversial cross-border pipeline gets shut down.

Human-induced climate change “contributed substantially” to the atmospheric river and ensuing floods that devastated B.C. last year, a new study by Environment Canada scientists confirms, warning Canadians to brace for more of the same.

The agency that regulates Alberta’s energy industry to protect the environment has been keeping inaccurate data that dramatically downplay decades of spills of crude oil and saline water — reflecting profound dysfunction and pro-industry bias within the regulator.

The dramatic spread of native plants over the past decade is evidence of accelerating shifts in the fragile polar ecosystem, study finds.

Abhijeet Manay’s grandfather Gopal was one of the first members of India’s independent parliament.

The move follows the federal environment minister's denial of a request to reconsider the decision not to order a federal environmental assessment.

A U.K. company with a growing monopoly over British Columbia’s wood pellet industry must be forced to divest some of its holdings to protect the province’s forests and the jobs of forest industry workers, a coalition of unions and environmental and public policy groups say.

The first Conversations event of 2022 is happening this Thursday, Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. PST / 10 p.m. EST. Linda Solomon Wood, David Beers, Gregg Howald and Andy S. Wright will discuss ecological restoration around the globe.

Vaccinated travellers will no longer need a molecular COVID-19 test to enter Canada starting Feb. 28 because the COVID-19 situation in Canada has improved, the federal health minister announced Tuesday.

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino made the announcement following the resignation of Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly