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The federal government’s long-awaited sustainable jobs legislation was met with applause and endorsements from unions and labour groups Thursday, despite negotiations going down to the wire.

The looming shortage of skilled agricultural workers is cause for concern in a country that is the world’s fifth-largest exporter of agri-food and seafood, a recent report by the Royal Bank of Canada suggests.

Climate campaigners have long complained that the so-called Conferences of the Parties, or COPs, are undermined by lobbyists for oil and gas firms attending under the guise of country delegates.

The mercury has since dipped again, but experts say the short surge marked a new global heat record for June and indicates more extremes ahead as the planet enters an El Niño phase that could last years.

Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said it is not about shutting down Canada's fossil fuel industry, but the sector will only survive if it massively invests in technology to cut greenhouse-gas emissions from extracting and refining oil and gas.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office says he learned about the prison transfer of Paul Bernardo the day it happened — a day earlier than Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino.

The backing of a land-based salmon farm in Japan by a global company with ties to ocean fish farms in British Columbia has Indigenous and conservation groups calling on the federal government to accelerate its transition away from open-net farms.

A bill meant to force big tech companies to compensate Canadian media for news content appearing on their platforms is back in the spotlight amid BCE Inc.'s decision to slash 1,300 positions, including six per cent of its media arm.

Canada has no hope of reaching its 2050 climate goals unless it can find a way to speed up the approvals process for major projects in this country, a new report states.

The town council of Bradford West Gwillimbury, Ont., has endorsed the right-to-repair movement and passed a resolution asking the federal government to expedite promised public consultations.

Scientists just figured out that thousands of air-quality stations have been accidentally gathering invaluable DNA data on local organisms.

Reforms to Canada’s leading environmental law are finally here, but it's only the beginning for front-line communities.

A team of scientists and leadership of First Nations in British Columbia urged policymakers to protect the abundance of culturally significant species.

Labour unions are joining forces with environmental organizations to oppose a massive Metro Vancouver port expansion greenlit by the federal government earlier this year.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Ukraine on the weekend, where he announced that Canada officially seized an airplane that had been sitting on the tarmac at Toronto's Pearson International Airport since February 2022.