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As Ontario grapples with the twin problems of a housing shortage and escalating climate change, a new report calls for a transformative building shift to mid-rise, transit-oriented development.

WSÁNEĆ Hereditary chiefs are urging federal Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier to close the last commercial herring fishery operating along the West Coast.

Private jet flights have soared in recent years, with the resulting climate-heating emissions rising by 50%, the most comprehensive global analysis to date has revealed.

$375 million in support has been announced for Indigenous-led conservation efforts across the territory.

Premier David Eby said he could sense the spirit of former British Columbia premier John Horgan at a swearing-in ceremony Wednesday for 47 New Democrat members of the legislature.

Last month, the federal government announced plans to slash Canada's immigration targets by 20 per cent as the government faced increased pressure to address the cost and availability of housing.

More than 77 per cent of Canadian exports go to the U.S. and trade comprises 60 per cent of Canada's gross domestic product. A significant proportion of that comes from oil and gas.

A proposed class-action lawsuit against the Canadian government says Indigenous people removed from their communities and placed in group homes beginning in the 1950s suffered physical, sexual and psychological abuse that "was commonplace, condoned and, arguably, encouraged."

Philanthropy is critical for Canada’s transition to a low-carbon economy, say donors leading a record pledge to find solutions to climate change.

The recent shooting death of two grizzly cubs who spent the summer roaming the farm fields and forests of a rural valley, about 150 kilometers north of Vancouver, B.C., has exposed the "huge gaps" that remain in the province's efforts to help bears and humans co-exist, conservationists say.

Risks — and possibly rewards — lie ahead for Canada’s mining sector as the protectionist president-elect returns to the White House, say industry leaders.

Plastic pollution is changing the processes of the entire Earth system, exacerbating climate change, biodiversity loss, ocean acidification, and the use of freshwater and land, according to scientific analysis.

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the Canada carbon rebate for small businesses will be tax-free.

Margaret Atwood has been called prescient — particularly when it comes to her famous 1985 dystopia "The Handmaid's Tale" and the recent rollback of reproductive rights in the United States — but the renowned Canadian author says her predictive powers failed her ahead of last week's U.S. election, which delivered Donald Trump another White House win.

Two newly elected members of British Columbia's Green Party will officially take their seats in the legislature following the first of three swearing-in ceremonies since last month's provincial election.