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Although the federal and provincial governments have pledged funds to guard communities from the effects of climate change, most protection measures won't be in place in time for this season.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has weighed in on growing calls to declare Russia's actions in Ukraine as genocide, saying it is "absolutely right" that the term is being used given rampant allegations of war crimes and other human rights violations.

Big industrial plants in provinces covered by the national carbon pricing system paid more than $161 million for their greenhouse gas emissions in 2019, but some critics say the system is designed to ensure the biggest emitters pay the smallest price on pollution.

Members of the Canadian Armed Forces are set to depart from an Ontario military base today to help with the care, co-ordination and resettlement of Ukrainian refugees in Poland.

Measures in the recently tabled federal budget will help Canadians weather higher interest rates, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, as he acknowledged there are no easy solutions to the country's housing affordability crisis.

Big businesses set splashy climate targets but don’t always reveal their data. The Securities and Exchange Commission wants to change that — to protect investors.

Quebec became the first jurisdiction in the world Tuesday to explicitly ban oil and gas development in its territory after decades of campaigning by environmental organizations and citizen groups.

“Whoopers” are the world's rarest cranes. There are about 500 birds in the natural flock, which was down to 15 in 1941.

“I’m not a scientist. I’m a mom who cares,” she said. “We have got to be better stewards of the environment and while reducing carbon emissions is necessary, injecting them into the basin is not the answer.”

The Toronto District School Board asked all staff and students to return to wearing masks inside its schools on Wednesday as COVID-19’s sixth wave swells amid an absence of provincial public health rules.

Ottawa is threatening to act unilaterally to protect caribou in Quebec, a move that Premier François Legault said on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, would be interference in an area of provincial jurisdiction.

Advocates say while the focus on housing affordability in the federal budget is promising, its measures could go further to help people in the most dire need.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau criticized the Alberta government on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, for not addressing the opioid epidemic in ways that have proven to be effective elsewhere.

A new report from Statistics Canada says one in three shelters for people fleeing abuse reported they were greatly affected in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chief Arnie Lampreau of the Shackan Indian Band looks across the Nicola River that surged in November, pulling entire homes into its current and forcing residents to flee.