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With populations on the decline, the collection will allow volunteers, not just professional scientists, to contribute to the conservation of birds.

Carbon price rebate is officially renamed, a sign Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending the Liberal government’s signature climate policy.

Canadian exports of the kind of coal used to make electricity hit an eight-year high in 2022, even as the Liberals have promised to work on banning exports completely by the end of the decade.

Fortis, one of Canada's largest gas utilities, has laid out its vision for survival in a world that is moving away from fossil fuels — use more gas. 

The research by the James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen and the University of Graz in Austria has found that 14 different types of PFAS chemicals, which are commonly used in ski wax, were found in soils at family skiing spots in the Austrian Alps.

How sustainable they are is questionable, since making a diamond requires an enormous amount of energy and many major manufacturers are not transparent about their operations.

In his ruling, Judge Richard Southcott said the joint federal-provincial review panel that examined the Grassy Mountain proposal near Crowsnest Pass didn't live up to the consultation promises it made.

Ford made the announcement Tuesday and used the opportunity to take a swipe at the provincial Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie.

British Columbia's seniors advocate welcomes newly announced federal funding for seniors' health care, and says she's particularly excited about the promise to support seniors at home.

Conservative and NDP MPs backed a 2022 amendment to the Online Streaming Act, opposed by the governing Liberals, that allowed Canada's private broadcasters to save about $120 million a year in regulatory fees.

A Conservative MP says he'll apologize after facing demands that he retract comments he made last week about First Nations burning down water treatment plants because they're frustrated with the Liberals.

Allowing international students to work more than 20 hours a week could distract from their studies and undermine the objective of temporary foreign worker programs, public servants warned the federal government in 2022.

The municipality about 200 kilometres north of Quebec City announced last week that the ice wasn't thick enough to open the fishing villages at Anse-à-Benjamin and Grande-Baie, which normally feature hundreds of huts and cabins that are popular with tourists and locals alike. 

While some kelp canopies in B.C.'s southern waters are withering with climate change, certain pockets are proving resilient and offer insights for the conservation and restoration of these critical hot spots of marine life.

For Angel Ransom, it’s stacks of paperwork, short timelines, overstretched staff and a gauntlet of project proposals that lead to consultation fatigue.