News

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically affected young people, with a major study of their behaviour over time showing that learning from home meant students were less likely to smoke cigarettes, vape, binge drink or use cannabis, but much more likely to be anxious or depressed.

Alberta's capital has big plans for Blatchford, a high-density, low-carbon neighbourhood that's reimagining sustainable city living.

But whatever you do, don’t call them rainbows.

Marine biologist Christine Stortini explains how overfishing throws ocean ecosystems out of whack and makes ocean life more susceptible to the ill effects of climate change.

Paris Agreement climate targets could soon be out of reach without immediate and massive greenhouse gas emission reductions, says the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in a landmark report published Monday.

The federal government says the proposed Grassy Mountain coal project in southwestern Alberta cannot proceed.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he won't "take lectures" from federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu on how to handle COVID-19.

About 2,500 people in western Germany demonstrated on Saturday, August 7, 2021, for a quick halt to coal mining in the region, where a village could be bulldozed to make way for a mine.

Health Canada has added the facial paralysis condition known as Bell's Palsy as a potentially rare side-effect after getting the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

Years of negotiation to develop a collaborative fisheries governance model between Canada and eight First Nations along the West Coast came to fruition this week.

Young people made some of Canada’s largest employment gains in July, jobs data shows, as their part-time work in service industries returned with the lifting of public health restrictions.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is considering making COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for some federally regulated workplaces in a bid to boost Canada's vaccination levels.

Declaring the U.S. must “move fast” to win the world's carmaking future, President Joe Biden on Thursday, August 5, 2021, announced a commitment from the auto industry to produce electric vehicles for as much as half of U.S. sales by the end of the decade.

The United States is actively exploring how to welcome back international visitors, including whether they will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, as stakeholders keen to reopen the Canada-U.S. border set their sights squarely on Capitol Hill.

The federal government will transfer about $6 billion to Quebec over five years in connection with Ottawa's national child-care program, but the money comes without conditions and Quebec's government can spend it how it pleases.