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Health-care facilities across Canada have been grappling with worker shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic, but struggles to recruit and retain staff are nothing new in the North.

Canada’s longstanding resistance to NATO’s involvement in the Arctic appears to be thawing amidst warming temperatures and a coinciding increase in Russian and Chinese activity in the region.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will accelerate the world’s shift to renewable energy because of price shocks in oil and gas, a U.S. climate envoy said on Thursday, August 25, 2022.

Forty people who were living in a street encampment on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside that is being cleared by city workers have accepted offers of accommodation, BC Housing says.

A group of migrant farm workers sent a letter home to their government in Jamaica this month detailing what they describe as abysmal living and working conditions in Canada. 

Commercial salmon fishers and environmentalists are crying foul — for opposite reasons — after U.S. fisheries officials let American fishers hit the water while the Canadian government kept their counterparts ashore.

Martha Kyak has seen her fashion designs in many places, but one of the most powerful was on stage next to the prime minister.

Insects could give a meaty taste to food — and help the environment — scientists find.

Students living on two University of Toronto campuses will have more vegetarian and vegan options to choose from when school starts up again next month, thanks to a two-day, in-person training program from the Humane Society International Canada.

Advocates are calling on the government to take a proactive approach to welcoming climate migrants. But there are differences in opinion on how it should be done.

An alliance formed this week between Canada and Germany is revealing a major point of disagreement that could determine the future of hydrogen in the global economy.

Port Hardy Hospital is experiencing a critical doctor shortage that is endangering patient and physician safety, according to information provided to Canada’s National Observer from an Aug. 17 meeting between a number of the town’s physicians and Island Health. 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled plans to create a special team focused on countering Russian disinformation and propaganda on Tuesday, August 23, 2022, as Ukrainians prepared to mark the six-month anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of their country.

Far more women than men are saying goodbye to the Quebec legislature ahead of the fall election.

The federal health minister appointed a new chief nursing officer on Tuesday, August 23, 2022, as the government works to overcome a critical nurse shortage that has left many hospitals across the country struggling to maintain care.