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From local zoning to community consultations, there are plenty of ways cities are hitting the brakes on residential construction, even as Canada faces a significant housing shortage.

An outreach team for the Union Gospel Mission in Vancouver has been working in the city's Downtown Eastside to ensure people are aware and are prepared to cope with the latest heat spike across parts of B.C.

The blazes that consumed most of the historic town of Lahaina are already the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century

Tiny houses started as a minimalist revolution. They ended up as an Instagram esthetic.

Enbridge is pushing to expand its gas network in Ontario and is using a key study that erroneously inflated the cost of switching from gas to electricity to heat buildings by billions of dollars, evidence filed with the regulator reveals.

The Nuu-chah-nulth Youth Warriors spent three days in early July constructing a traditional clam garden for the Huu-ay-aht community as part of a broader project to strengthen coastal First Nations’ culture, connections, food security and climate resilience. 

For the second time this year, K’atl’odeeche First Nation in the Northwest Territories was part of the evacuation alert following an out-of-control wildfire fuelled by strong winds and dry conditions over the weekend.

Her United Conservative Party government has faced criticism for announcing the moratorium with no advance notice and without consulting stakeholders, jeopardizing billions of dollars in potential investment in renewables.

The ruling following a first-of-its- kind trial in the U.S. adds to a small number of legal decisions around the world that have established a government duty to protect citizens from climate change.

Equinor says the Hercules semi-submersible will begin exploring next year in the Flemish Pass Basin, about 500 kilometres east of St. John's.

A pile of puzzle pieces spills onto a table.

There was a festive mood across downtown Montreal on Sunday, August 13, 2023, as the city's Pride parade drew a record number of participants one year after the 2022 event was abruptly cancelled.

Advocates for renters in British Columbia say it's time to consider setting a maximum temperature for rental housing to protect vulnerable tenants from dangerous heat.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been hitting the summer barbecue circuit with ramped-up rhetoric around debunked claims that the World Economic Forum is attempting to impose its agenda on sovereign governments.

Chris Burke and his fiancée have been less than a year away from buying their first home for the past three years.