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Eight in 10 Canadians back a woman's right to an abortion and two in three don't want the notwithstanding clause used to restrict access to abortions, a new poll suggests.

Every day since a wildfire began menacing the city of Fort McMurray, Alta., grimy, exhausted firefighters have been spilling of helicopters at the end of another one of the toughest shifts around.

A rainy Thursday in and around Fort Nelson was exactly what fire crews were looking for.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre's pledges to axe carbon pricing come at a time of wildfires and other disasters and Poilievre would rather "watch the country burn" than continue the fight against climate change.

Members of Seniors for Climate Action Now! (SCAN) rallied outside of Queen's Park on Thursday, aiming to curry support for the NDP's Ontario Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Act — legislation they say is particularly relevant to seniors who are negatively impacted by rising temperatures due to climate change.

It's not always the easiest sell, but the 'thick, gloopy mud' that is often found on ocean floors is what really needs protecting, according to Graham Epstein, a researcher with the Canada Blue Carbon project.

Every morning, Bridget Chanda places her prosthetic legs beside her bed, pulls on her stockings and pushes the remains of her limbs into the prosthetics as best she can. After six years they no longer fit, and it's painful to stand or walk for too long, but it doesn't faze her much.

To hit U.S. government targets for sustainable fuel use, the aviation industry would need to massively increase production — a behaviour that could cause further climate and societal issues, according to the Institute for Policy Studies.

A two-day summit on Indigenous identity fraud wrapped up on Wednesday with a message to Canada: we're joining forces, and we want action to curb the epidemic.

But as Rendez-vous Canada is taking place at the Edmonton Convention Centre, one of the biggest challenges Canada's tourism industry is facing is playing out in technicolour just a few hundred kilometres away: wildfires. 

Huge soaker hoses are being used to help protect buildings, homes and vital routes into and out of the Alberta city against wildfire flames that have forced the evacuation of four neighbourhoods.

Lobbying is hampering the world's nations in the battle to make climate progress, according to former Irish president Mary Robinson and Ban Ki-moon.

A former official in Canada's agriculture ministry accused the federal pesticide regulator of failing to assess the health risks posed by the controversial chemical glyphosate, a key ingredient of Roundup, months before leaving the ministry. 

To help Enbridge lock gas customers in for decades to come, Premier Doug Ford's government on Wednesday overrode Ontario’s independent energy regulator and passed the Keeping Energy Costs Down Act.

Thousands of residents forced to flee a fierce, wind-whipped wildfire threatening the oilsands hub city of Fort McMurray, Alta., were told Wednesday they’ll likely be out for days but may be allowed back as early as Tuesday.