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On the two-year anniversary of a heat dome that killed 619 people, environmental advocates issued a plea to B.C. Premier David Eby to slash greenhouse gas emissions in line with climate targets the province has set for the end of the decade.

Experts say that even if the world stopped emitting greenhouse gases tomorrow, ocean levels would continue to rise.

A warming world is transforming some major snowfalls into extreme rain over mountains instead, somehow worsening both dangerous flooding like the type that devastated Pakistan last year as well as long-term water shortages, a new study found.

The World Council of Churches is joining other faith-based organizations in a growing call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, as world governments inch closer to COP28.

Drifting smoke from the ongoing wildfires across Canada is creating curtains of haze and raising air quality concerns throughout the Great Lakes region and in parts of the central and eastern United States.

Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said he remains hopeful digital giants will not make good on their threat to block access to Canadian news on their platforms, but if they do then the Liberal government will ensure newsrooms have the resources they need to continue their work.

Canadians' hearts may be brimming with pride as Canada Day approaches, but a new poll suggests their minds aren't full of the knowledge needed to pass a citizenship test.

A progressive public policy think tank is urging the federal government to side against oil and gas transmission giant TC Energy in its ongoing dispute with the United States over the ill-fated Keystone XL project.

Tobias Gurl thinks his five-year-old collie, Winston, is a pretty ideal roommate: she's quiet, well-trained and indispensable to her owner's well-being.

The B.C. government has announced changes to improve transparency around logging operations, but critics have more questions than answers. 

Over the last 25 years, the Salton Sea has lost a third of its water due to an over-allocated Colorado River. As it shrinks, the sea’s salts plus pollutants from agricultural runoff reach higher concentrations. To protect the air and water quality, shoreline residents have become community scientists.

"We need our new mayor to take bold steps to cut carbon emissions, get Toronto’s climate and environmental plans on track, and protect us during storms, floods and heat waves,” says Sarah Buchanan, campaigns director at Toronto Environmental Alliance. 

Bruce Power CEO Mike Rencheck believes the amount generated for the Saugeen Ojibway Nation will reach anywhere between the hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars, depending on the marketing and sale of an isotope used to treat cancer.

The strategy includes $1.6 billion over five years to put the measures in place, said Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault. More details on regional implementation are expected in the coming months following more talks between the federal government, provinces and territories.

In a highly anticipated study released Tuesday, the Competition Bureau says concentration in the grocery industry has increased in recent years with the largest grocers increasing the amount they make on food sales.