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Forests around world being changed from carbon sinks into carbon sources, making it harder to slow global heating

NDP Leader David Eby promised on Sunday to support police in British Columbia to keep illegal guns off the streets and protect communities, but accused B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad of planning to make the province less safe.

The U.N. weather agency is reporting that 2023 was the driest year in more than three decades for the world's rivers, as the record-hot year underpinned a drying up of water flows and contributed to prolonged droughts in some places.

British Columbia wildland firefighter Angus Duguid loves his job, but he doesn't love waking up with headaches or a clogged nose from inhaling smoke.

As millions in federal funding flow into a Labrador group whose claims of Inuit identity have been rejected by Indigenous organizations across Canada, a national Inuit leader worries the Liberal government is putting the rights of Indigenous Peoples at risk.

With an early election potentially looming in Ontario, Ontario Premier Doug Ford is pitching commuters on a road spending spree. In late September, he stood before reporters to propose a traffic tunnel under Highway 401, and this week he’s considering buying back Highway 407 to tackle Toronto's chronic congestion.

Janelle Snache has always had a connection with water that she describes as a “blue state of mind.” Near water, she feels calmer. And when she needs to think through a big decision, she finds her clarity near water.

Since rich countries promised $650 million to the so-called loss-and-damage fund last year, new pledges have dried up.

First leasing round to develop projects in waters off Nova Scotia and Newfoundland & Labrador has been cemented for 2025, after royal assent was received on legislation to transform provincial petroleum boards into offshore energy regulators

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to take part in an armchair discussion on artificial intelligence in France today as the Francophonie summit kicks off.

As pressure grows on the oil and gas sector to reduce its emissions, one Calgary-based company is banking on the potential to convert waste gas from oil wells into valuable electricity for nearby communities.

The government has been unable to put any of its own business before the House of Commons for a full week, and the Conservatives on Thursday said that's the result of Liberal "corruption."

The British Columbia's New Democrats released the party's platform on Thursday days after the Greens unveiled a plan for government ahead of the election on Oct. 19.

Ontario has a new incentive encouraging homeowners to install heat pumps to reduce their energy use and lower planet-heating greenhouse gas emissions associated with home heating.

Opposition MPs say the federal government’s failure to inform Northern Alberta Indigenous communities about contamination at a critical dock in Fort Chipewyan is a clear case of environmental racism.