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“Today is one of the highest insults I've ever received as a chief,” Wet'suwet'en hereditary Chief Namoks said Thursday after RBC cancelled the in-person portion of its meeting at the last minute. “You’ve seen the violence (on Wet'suwet'en territory); I think today's insult was bigger.”

The Haíɫzaqv Nation has installed heat pumps in a third of the homes in its isolated coastal community in an ongoing bid to establish a clean energy future and eliminate energy poverty.

Winnipegger Jordan Campbell has been making homemade maple syrup for three years. It’s a hobby that started on a whim when he realized the large tree behind his new house in the Fort Rouge neighbourhood was a Manitoba maple.

The single biggest climate item in Budget 2022 is the controversial carbon capture investment tax credit, followed by funding for electric vehicles and charging infrastructure.

Government messaging about the state of the COVID-19 pandemic may stymie uptake of fourth vaccine doses, some experts said, as provinces laid out plans to expand eligibility for the shots to millions more Canadians.

Canada's treatment of Ukrainians fleeing war has been distinctly different to those fleeing other humanitarian crises, the House of Commons immigration committee said on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, and MPs want that to change.

Raymond, a southern Alberta town that has been dry since it was founded more than 100 years ago, is asking residents whether they want restaurants to serve alcohol.

Alleslev, who lost her Greater Toronto Area seat in last year’s federal election, unveiled her plans at a Parliament Hill news conference Wednesday afternoon.

B.C. has requested a cumulative threshold of 4.5 grams for opioids, cocaine and methamphetamine, but the federal government is mulling a 2.5-gram cumulative threshold, decriminalization advocates say.

As most provinces and territories lift COVID-19 public health measures, Canadians are left to assess their own risk level amid signs of a sixth wave.

Experts say rapid antigen tests are emerging as an important tool as Canada's pandemic strategy shifts from public health vigilance to an emphasis on personal responsibility.

The federal Liberals are set to unveil their latest spending plan today, April 7, 2022, that aims to balance promises made to voters in last year's election campaign, in the pact with the NDP, and recently to Canada's global defence allies.

NextEra Energy subsidiary ESI Energy was also sentenced to five years probation after being charged with three counts of violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act during a court appearance in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Affordability, housing, education, mental health support, climate change. Do youth have anything to hope for in the federal budget out Thursday? A polling expert, youth advocate and student union rep weigh in on what matters.

Scholars are calling for greater engagement with Indigenous communities in the search for life on other planets.