After a devastating wildfire season that reduced towns to ash and a heat dome that killed hundreds, climate breakdown is again threatening British Columbians as torrential rain pummelled the province Monday causing landslides and floods that destroyed key infrastructure and took at least one life.
As Arctic ice melts and shipping surges, it’s vital Inuit are involved in the high-level decisions to protect the marine environment along with the ocean and sea ice, which are central to their survival, says the Inuit Circumpolar Council.
The meeting, which stretches two weeks, sees 52 member countries sit down to discuss the conservation and management of tuna and tuna-like species (including makos) in the Atlantic and its adjacent waters.
Health Canada can add a request from Moderna to Pfizer’s pending offer to vaccinate five- to 11-year-olds, as parents and youngsters in Canada already wait weeks longer than children in the United States for first COVID-19 jabs.
Representatives of 22 UCP constituencies have sent a letter to the party's executive saying they have met the required threshold required for a vote on Kenney’s performance at a special meeting before March 1.
But Jonathan Wilkinson also says the Liberals are not singling out the oil and gas sector to do an unfair amount of heavy lifting in the fight against climate change because all industries that contribute to the problem have to be part of the solution.
A new report by Oceana Canada says Canadian fisheries management has "fallen short" over the last five years, with nearly one in five fish stocks still "critically depleted."
The extreme weather was caused by an atmospheric river — a huge plume of moisture extending over the Pacific and into Washington and Oregon. More than 158,0000 customers were without power in Western Washington at one point Monday afternoon.
When Pedro was diagnosed with HIV, it spurred him to leave a job he’d grown to hate and come to Canada. But he couldn’t tell his mother, and so he can’t use his real name now as he speaks out against the stigma of a diagnosis ahead of a Toronto youth-led HIV conference.
The agreement to come out of COP26 is leaving many disappointed for not securing a climate-safe future, but some progress was made that advocates say shouldn’t be ignored.
A grassroots group in Saskatchewan wants to “share land as treaties intended” by allowing Indigenous people to practise their traditional ways of life on privately held land. Farmers can put up a sign welcoming them to hunt, gather or hold ceremonies without fear.