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A Swiss-based mining company with a sketchy foreign business record that won approval to take over Teck Resources’ B.C. coal mines has MPs from multiple parties and environmental groups up in arms.

Since October 2023, Inukjuak has halved its reliance on fossil fuels and aims to eliminate their use for heating and electricity in residential buildings by October 2024.

In a decision released on Friday, Justice Lisa Brownstone ruled that the government’s new Rebuilding Ontario Place Act is constitutional,  allowing construction to continue after being paused pending the decision. 

The US and the UK among countries with low dependence on fossil fuels criticized for ‘hypocrisy’ on climate pledges

A unanimous ruling from the Supreme Court of Canada says for the past 150 years, the Crown has broken revenue-sharing agreements signed with Anishinaabe First Nations, making a "mockery" of a treaty promise. Compensations will be worth billions.

Federal government slow-walks 2019 promise to implement recommendations that could protect Southern Resident Killer Whales.

A DNA test shows a former judge and Order of Canada recipient accused of falsely claiming to be Cree "most likely" has Indigenous heritage, a report from the Law Society of British Columbia revealed on Thursday.

Cool and wet weather is making a difference in Jasper National Park.

The B.C. Wildfire Service says winds fanned by a cold front were to blame for the rapid expansion of an out-of-control fire near Golden, B.C., and it warns of similar fire behaviour even as it brings in rains and cooler weather.

Parks Canada says crews in the town of Jasper are fighting flames that are jumping from building to building but critical infrastructure has so far been protected.

A Calgary respirologist is advising people to regularly check the outdoor air quality and stay inside as smoke from the Jasper wildfires blows into other parts of Alberta and possibly beyond.

Canada, United States, Norway, United Kingdom and Australia called "climate hypocrites" for claiming environmental leadership while granting record numbers of oil and gas drilling licenses in 2024, says a new report by independent think tank IISD.

After last week’s severe storm and flooding, Toronto’s controversial stormwater charge, dubbed “the rain tax” by critics, has resurfaced at city council with a motion by Mayor Olivia Chow. 

Nearly half a million people a year die worldwide from heat related deaths, far more than other weather extremes such as hurricanes, and this is likely an underestimate, a new report by 10 U.N. agencies said.

Specifics on what has been destroyed in the Rocky Mountain resort town of 5,000 remained sketchy.