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After a recent outbreak of highly pathogenic avian flu, health experts warn the strain of avian influenza viruses is changing in ways that raise concerns it could potentially drive another pandemic.

The Nova Scotia government says no new fish farm applications will be accepted until it completes a campaign promise mapping what areas are best suited for aquaculture. The moratorium doesn’t include a fourfold expansion already proposed by the industry.

The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt — as the biomass stretching from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico is called — contains scattered patches of seaweed on the open sea, rather than one continuous blob of sargassum.

Senior government officials at a climate meeting in Copenhagen gave a muted response on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, to calls from the head of the United Nations for countries to show greater ambition when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, kept his party’s election promise to cut income taxes, as he projected economic growth to drop dramatically in 2023.

Premier Danielle Smith says laggardly public notification of Imperial Oil oilsands wastewater spills has illuminated the need for Alberta to ensure future alarms are sounded quicker.

A British Columbia salmon farming company is going to court to challenge the federal government's decision not to renew the licences for its open-net farms off Vancouver Island.

As the federal government readies its spring budget, a climate group is urging Ottawa to pursue a "made-in-Canada" response to U.S. clean energy incentives.

A high-tech industry coalition in the United States is urging President Joe Biden to take a hard line against Canada's approach to digital services.

More than three dozen professors at an Ontario university are calling on the federal and provincial governments to act in response to reporting published by Canada’s National Observer​​​​​​​.

The Supreme Court of Canada this week will examine whether the federal law that evaluates the impacts of proposed resource projects is unconstitutional.

One million species are at risk of extinction, but a handful of charismatic creatures get all the hype. A new conservation strategy has a different focus.

Trudeau told reporters Tuesday morning that David Johnston will have access to all relevant documents, including classified information.

On Tuesday, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino announced $5 million to support projects that offer culturally relevant programming and called to partner with organizations that offer alternatives to incarceration, like healing lodges.

African countries saddled with debt and ravaged by losses and damages from weather events like cyclones, drought and extreme temperatures have agreed to consider swapping debt to invest in climate action in a meeting of finance ministers in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.