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As many Atlantic Canadians are still recovering from a summer of extreme wildfires and floods, the region is preparing for a “busy” hurricane season and is urging residents to take preparation seriously.

Live social media videos of the incident posted Wednesday evening show about 20 protesters confronting a blockade of police cars near the lakeside community of Sorrento.

Alberta's seven-month moratorium on renewable energy development has stalled 118 projects representing $33 billion in investments, a new analysis shows.

As conservative premiers change the rules around pronoun use in schools, members of the federal Conservative grassroots want Pierre Poilievre to wade further into the debate around gender expression.

Liberal cabinet ministers are suggesting the federal government is ready to tackle long-standing problems related to the international student program, including cases of fraud and exploitation by shady educational institutions.

Firefighters in British Columbia's southern Interior continue to battle a number of major blazes, having been aided by ample rainfall that fell on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, over the Okanagan and Shuswap regions.

In its regulatory filing, Trans Mountain Corp. said it has run into engineering difficulties related to the drilling of a tunnel in B.C. and wants to alter the route slightly for a 1.3-kilometre stretch of pipe, as well as the construction method.

Wildfires threatening communities in the Northwest Territories were kept at bay on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, as politicians continued grappling with “astronomical” costs of fighting the blazes and how to eventually get people home.

Northwest Territories officials are using roadblocks to turn back Yellowknife residents who are attempting to return home despite the city still being under a state of emergency.

The tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant began releasing its first batch of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday — a controversial step that prompted China to ban seafood from Japan.

As Canada struggles through its worst fire season in recorded history, a new survey suggests protecting forests remains one issue that unites most Canadians no matter who they are or where they live.

With out-of-control wildfires burning across the country, pressure is mounting on Ottawa to set up a national firefighting agency.

Across Maui, community hubs like these have cropped up with dizzying speed in the days since wildfires swept through the island on Aug. 8, killing at least 99, destroying more than 2,200 buildings and displacing thousands.

Climate change and the extreme weather and floods it brings, mean a significant number of Canada’s roads and bridges will soon need to be replaced. It will be a hugely expensive undertaking.

Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government announced more than $11 million in new funding Wednesday to help pay the expenses of the local municipality to rebuild in the wake of the explosion.