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New research into the behavior of microbes in icy soils shows twice as much planet-warming carbon could be at risk of escaping into the atmosphere.

For the first time, Alberta's oil and gas industry has exceeded the province's own regulatory limit for natural gas flaring.

Building codes in Canada don't allow low and mid rise apartments to be built with a single staircase, even though other countries have been doing so for decades. That could soon change, with growing momentum for “point access blocks" to be allowed in North American cities.

On Friday, the province's attorney-general, Niki Sharma, announced the government has filed a civil suit against five major PFAS producers, including chemical giants 3M and DuPont. 

When Bill 185 was proposed, the Ontario government said it was needed to speed development approvals to get badly needed housing built. 

Why did the turkey cross the road? To meet and greet adoring fans.

New research finds that "floatovoltaics" could generate a substantial amount of energy worldwide.

In Nova Scotia, much of the land is privately owned, which makes reaching tree-planting targets tougher. But a new program funded jointly by the province and Federal government is working with stakeholders to meet an ambitious 21-million tree target.

British Columbia's election is four months away, but Premier David Eby staged a campaign event on Thursday in Vancouver ahead of what he says is a personal count down — next week's expected birth of his family's third child.

Richmond Fire-Rescue says crews have extinguished the warehouse portion of the fire and are working to extinguish the trestle bridge that runs across the North arm of the Fraser River near the Oak Street Bridge, bordering Vancouver and Richmond.

Relief is in sight for some residents of Eastern Canada as a heat wave is expected to break.

The judge made the comments as he rejected an application from Corus Entertainment to throw out Dong's lawsuit against the news agency, saying it is in the public interest to hear the case.

Efforts to stop companies from spreading misinformation in Canada about their impact on the climate and environment appear to be taking hold. 

The consortium has previously spent millions of dollars on a countrywide public relations blitz aimed at demonstrating that the oilsands is committed to helping fight climate change. But as of Thursday, all that remains on the group's website is a notice saying Pathways has removed its content due to concerns around an anti-greenwashing provision in federal Bill C-59.

Cancer-causing chemicals are being blown downwind from coal mines in southern British Columbia in concentrations that rival those next to oilsand mines, newly published research has concluded.