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The move will affect single-use plastic bags, takeout containers, straws, stir sticks, cutlery and six-pack rings used to hold cans and bottles together.

An Ottawa police officer says this Canada Day will be "unprecedented and unique" with a never-before-seen security posture as the main events take place off Parliament Hill and protests are planned throughout the day.

The Assembly of First Nations says it has voted to suspend National Chief RoseAnne Archibald.

Russian hostilities in Ukraine are preventing grain from leaving the “breadbasket of the world" and making food more expensive across the globe, threatening to worsen shortages, hunger and political instability in developing countries.

Army troops were called in to rescue thousands of people stranded by massive floods that have ravaged northeastern India and Bangladesh, leaving millions of homes underwater and severing transport links, authorities said on Saturday, June 18, 2022.

Disinformation, including “deepfake” videos and bots spreading deception, should come within the scope of a future online harms bill, say a panel of experts appointed by Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez to help him shape a future law.

Canadians will need to find alternatives for plastic straws and grocery bags by the end of the year as the federal government puts the final motions in place to ban some single-use plastics.

Ramirez-Serrano is designing a robot he hopes will become a tool to help first responders with disasters such as the collapse of a building.

British journalist Dom Phillips’ quest to unlock the secrets of how to preserve Brazil’s Amazon was cut short this month when he was killed along with a colleague in the heart of the forest he so cherished. Some of his discoveries may yet see the light of day.

Firefighters in Spain and Germany struggled to contain wildfires on Sunday, June 19, 2022, amid an unusual heat wave in Western Europe for this time of year.

This 32-year-old facilitates free access for not-for-profits and charities to virtual conversations at ThoughtExchange. 

The federal government must ensure $2.2 billion earmarked to address violence against Indigenous women and girls goes to organizations in remote areas, not just major cities, witnesses told the Standing Committee on the Status of Women on Friday.

More than 125 million people are under heat alerts as record high temperatures grip the U.S., particularly in the southwest.

Rivers and creeks this week raged with water much higher and faster than even the rare benchmark 500-year flood. Weather-whiplashed residents and government officials raced to save homes, roads and businesses.

The clock is ticking for the government to deliver on its ambitious promise to the New Democrats to deliver a dental care program for low- and middle-income uninsured kids by the end of the year, while cost estimates have nearly doubled.