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The extreme weather was caused by an atmospheric river — a huge plume of moisture extending over the Pacific and into Washington and Oregon. More than 158,0000 customers were without power in Western Washington at one point Monday afternoon.

Merritt issued an evacuation order for its population of about 7,000, saying residents could not use water from faucets or flush toilets.

When Pedro was diagnosed with HIV, it spurred him to leave a job he’d grown to hate and come to Canada. But he couldn’t tell his mother, and so he can’t use his real name now as he speaks out against the stigma of a diagnosis ahead of a Toronto youth-led HIV conference.

The agreement to come out of COP26 is leaving many disappointed for not securing a climate-safe future, but some progress was made that advocates say shouldn’t be ignored.

A grassroots group in Saskatchewan wants to “share land as treaties intended” by allowing Indigenous people to practise their traditional ways of life on privately held land. Farmers can put up a sign welcoming them to hunt, gather or hold ceremonies without fear.

Relentless rain has caused mud and rock slides in several locations in southern B.C., displacing some residents and prompting highway closures.

While world leaders and negotiators are hailing the Glasgow climate pact as a good compromise that keeps a key temperature limit alive, many scientists are wondering what planet these leaders are looking at.

The Conservative MP leading outreach efforts for leader Erin O'Toole says a six-year-old promise to create a 'barbaric cultural practices' hotline still hangs over the party's attempts to rebuild relationships with racialized communities today, November 15, 2021.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney are set to announce a deal they've reached on child care during an event in Edmonton today, November 15, 2021.

After getting off to an arguably slow start since winning re-election on Sept. 20, Justin Trudeau's Liberal government appears poised to go into hyperdrive with next week's resumption of Parliament.

Alberta scientists and environmentalists say proposed legislation governing backcountry trails on public lands will thwart efforts to restore nature and add one more stressor to an already overtaxed landscape.

As the Liberal government prepares to unfurl its policy on next-generation mobile networks, global security experts say all signs point to the exclusion of Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies from the long-awaited blueprint.

The international climate agreement did not achieve three key U.N. goals

Five new reports bring human health to the forefront of the climate mitigation conversation in an attempt to empower communities and decision-makers to consider local impacts when deciding on low-carbon infrastructure.

The Healing Place is a green space that provides a location for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to heal with the land, and for Indigenous people to hold ceremonies and promote reconciliation through a land back notion.