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American fishing boats catching threatened Canadian salmon was flagged as a top concern for federal Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray before meeting with the U.S. ambassador to Canada in March. 

Canada's largest labour organization passed two resolutions Monday vowing to address climate change, a just transition to clean energy and green industrial policy in a way that's fair to workers. 

Increasingly severe heat waves will imperil the country's development goals and slow economic growth, new research shows.

Restaurants and cafés in the Zero Waste Zone are encouraged to sign up voluntarily through the Muuse app to offer customers reusable cups, containers and boxes.

In March, Premier Blaine Higgs sent First Nations in New Brunswick letters encouraging their support for development of a shale gas reserve near Sussex, saying they could see significant profits come their way if the plan moves forward.

Rachel Curran, head of public policy for Meta Canada, said the company has put together a content-blocking team that is getting ready to end the availability of news on its social media platforms Facebook and Instagram should the Liberal government's online news bill pass.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly wrote in a statement that Canada has declared the Toronto-based diplomat as "persona non grata."

Some residents of Crowsnest Pass say a planned twinning of Highway 3 through the community in southwestern Alberta will amount to a "desecration" of the site of Canada's deadliest rock slide.

It started as a Coast Guard facility, two aging brick buildings on the Dartmouth side of Halifax Harbour.

Cooler temperatures and a bit of rain were delivering some relief for firefighters as they continued to battle wildfires threatening communities in central northern Alberta, but provincial officials warned the reprieve was only in some areas and lightning was sparking some new blazes.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says any decision to expel Chinese diplomats over alleged attempts to threaten a Conservative MP is being made "very, very carefully."

Canada's electronic waste more than tripled in the last two decades and is expected to keep increasing, a new study indicates, with researchers urging better e-waste management to reduce environmental harm and bring economic rewards.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he doesn't expect his government to move on electoral reform, despite his party membership calling for a national council to examine the issue.

Edgar (Eddie) Dearden skips the small talk when he meets someone new, instead starting the conversation by asking them if they "know what natural gas is." The question is the centrepiece of his self-appointed quest to fight the fossil fuel industry's insidious disinformation campaign painting natural gas as a climate solution. 

The prolific filmmaker discusses his latest project and his attempt to make space for Indigenous voices.