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The latest powerful atmospheric river to drench California put nearly 27,000 people under evacuation orders on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, due to flooding and landslide risks. On the central coast, workers hauled truckloads of rocks to plug a broken river levee amid steady rain and wind.

The driver of a pickup truck that killed two people and injured nine others in the Quebec town of Amqui was charged with dangerous driving causing death on Tuesday, after police said he deliberately drove into pedestrians chosen at random, including children.

The New Democrats have used their agreement with the Liberal government as leverage to push for more ways to save Canadians money in the next federal budget, leader Jagmeet Singh says.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said on Tuesday that if he became prime minister, he would sue pharmaceutical companies as a way to fund drug treatment ⁠ — but he wouldn't say what he would do about sites where users can consume drugs under supervision.

Authorities in British Columbia are investigating after 17 wild horses were shot in what Mounties are calling a "disheartening act."

The British Columbia government says it's rolling out a new framework for approving oil and gas projects that will ensure the province meets its emissions targets in the coming decades.

The Haisla First Nation on British Columbia's northern coast has been granted a provincial environmental assessment certificate for a floating liquefied natural gas facility.

The cows on Lyuba Pastushok's farm are like her "cheeky children," she explained in Ukrainian as she walked among her growing herd, gently cooing to them and softly petting their heads.

Preventing attacks where vehicles are used as weapons is difficult, but certain urban design measures might help avert them, an expert says.

Brazilian federal agents aboard three helicopters descended on an illegal mining site on Tuesday in the Amazon rainforest. They were met with gunfire, and the shooters escaped, leaving behind an increasingly familiar find for authorities: Starlink internet units.

Algoma Steel releases more cancer-causing pollutants into the air than most companies in Ontario. But no one realized just how much was coming from the steel mill.

Charlotte Commonda plans to open a new point of service for the community centre in Gatineau, Que., by May to support the Indigenous Peoples who move to the city for school, health care and work.

Forest fires, burst pipelines, and chemical waste are just some of the more than 800 instances of environmental degradation recorded since Russia's invasion began.

Quadra Island's Climate Action Team is launching a food recovery program to tackle climate change and food insecurity in the small coastal community.

"Mandating police to wear body-worn cameras is a transformational decision that will ensure all interactions with officers are objective," Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis said.