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Climate activist Greta Thunberg went on trial on Thursday for refusing to leave a protest that blocked the entrance to a major oil and gas industry conference in London last year.

The leader of the BC Green Party says that provincial and municipal officials' slow response to a late January "incident" at a Vancouver-area refinery that smothered parts of Metro Vancouver in a hydrocarbon haze is cause for concern.  

On Wednesday, Greenpeace Canada inflated a giant owl on the Rideau Hall grounds near Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s residence to demand movement on a promised nature protection law.

As the U.S. and China climate envoys retire, more than a leadership gap opens in crucial bilateral relationships and climate politics.

There are currently 51 water shortage advisories in the province. River basins from north to south face critical water shortages from low precipitation.

Farmers seeking relief have argued there are few, if any, alternatives for them other than using natural gas to heat their barns and propane to dry their grain.

Global Affairs Canada announced on Tuesday it is investigating a cyberattack and data breach that has forced it to limit remote access to its networks.

Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne is once again insisting that he is reaching out to international grocers in the hopes they will open up shop in Canada and spur more competition.

The president of CBC and Radio-Canada signalled on Tuesday that she will recommend bonuses are rolled out to executives this year, despite plans to cut 10 per cent of the national broadcaster's workforce.

An interprovincial wine war is fermenting after Alberta's liquor wholesaler told vintners in British Columbia that it won't stock their products in retail stores unless they stop shipping it directly to consumers.

A state of local emergency remains in effect in the village of Pemberton, where six rural properties are under evacuation order and several dozen more have been placed under alert, including a mobile home park. Residents have been asked to be ready to leave right away.

The ADAAWE Indigenous Business Hub in Ottawa offers Indigenous people a space to co-work and grow their businesses.

A mining company wants to open a coal mine in B.C.’s Rocky Mountains to extract, process and export coal in high demand by Asian steelmakers.

Quebec has the lowest emissions per capita in Canada, but one environmental group says the climate gains the province is making are threatened by an SUV habit it just can’t quit.

Experts say the world is "past peak fossil power" but warn against uneven development of energy projects.