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Via Rail executives are set to address a federal committee today, January 26, 2023, about the delays that plagued travellers over the holidays.

The company that is building a natural gas pipeline across northern British Columbia has been fined for a third time as a result of failure to comply with the requirements of its environmental assessment certificate.

A valley of giant trees, lakes and wetlands in southeastern British Columbia nearly 200 times the size of Vancouver’s Stanley Park is being preserved in an agreement with governments, Indigenous groups, a forest company and the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

Natural Resources Canada is accepting applications for research and development projects as part of a broader federal program supporting the advancement of carbon capture technology in Canada.

Non-native American minks and raccoons ravaged the Lower Oder’s birds before the predator-proof islands.

Habitats, natural resources and recreational greenspace are not as replaceable or moveable as the Doug Ford government's new policies make them out to be, according to conservation experts.

Canada's mental health crisis demands a national summit with representation from all levels of government, Toronto Mayor John Tory said Wednesday, claiming a lack of provincial and federal support is offloading responsibilities onto "ill-equipped" municipalities. 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will table his offer to premiers on how much money his government is willing to add to the health-care funding pot when he meets with them next month to work on a long-awaited new health-care deal.

A Quebec Innu community is suing Hydro-Québec for $2.2-billion, claiming the Churchill Falls hydroelectric station has destroyed a significant part of its traditional territory.

Violence against transit workers is unacceptable and needs to be addressed by multiple levels of government, the president of the union representing Toronto transit employees said on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, following two attacks on uniformed staff less than 48 hours apart.

Canada's economy is facing a "turbulent" year, but the federal government still has some spending room for big priorities including a new health-care deal with the provinces, Associate Finance Minister Randy Boissonnault said on Tuesday, January 24, 2023.

Oilsands executives insist they are all in on cutting emissions and will make big investments in green technology, but they maintain there isn't a place to invest that money yet.

Since Grey Owl a century ago, people of European descent have falsely claimed to be Indigenous for personal gain or a sense of absolution, but one Métis legal expert says it would take a psychiatrist to try to fully answer, "why?"

RBC keeps pouring billions into fossil fuel expansion despite making net-zero promises. Now, New York City pension plans are trying to force RBC to disclose the full extent of the emissions the bank is responsible for.