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A two-day summit on Indigenous identity fraud wrapped up on Wednesday with a message to Canada: we're joining forces, and we want action to curb the epidemic.

But as Rendez-vous Canada is taking place at the Edmonton Convention Centre, one of the biggest challenges Canada's tourism industry is facing is playing out in technicolour just a few hundred kilometres away: wildfires. 

Huge soaker hoses are being used to help protect buildings, homes and vital routes into and out of the Alberta city against wildfire flames that have forced the evacuation of four neighbourhoods.

To help Enbridge lock gas customers in for decades to come, Premier Doug Ford's government on Wednesday overrode Ontario’s independent energy regulator and passed the Keeping Energy Costs Down Act.

Lobbying is hampering the world's nations in the battle to make climate progress, according to former Irish president Mary Robinson and Ban Ki-moon.

A former official in Canada's agriculture ministry accused the federal pesticide regulator of failing to assess the health risks posed by the controversial chemical glyphosate, a key ingredient of Roundup, months before leaving the ministry. 

Thousands of residents forced to flee a fierce, wind-whipped wildfire threatening the oilsands hub city of Fort McMurray, Alta., were told Wednesday they’ll likely be out for days but may be allowed back as early as Tuesday.

Indigenous leaders at a summit on what they call Indigenous identify fraud have passed a resolution specifically targeting the Métis Nation of Ontario.

Doug Donaldson says the place to start should be a dedicated provincial wildfire strategy that lays out responsibilities for each government ministry, while supporting the participation of local communities, civil society and the forest industry.

The fire had not grown in two days, but there was no end in sight to the battle against the blaze and no word on when residents might be able to return home.

Officials say an investigation has determined that Friday's attack was "defensive in nature." 

Energy Transitions Commission chair Adair Turner sees “serious challenge” ahead for country as greater-than-expected oil and gas export revenue loss combines with high-price ramp up of carbon capture to meet national climate targets.

Last year offered energy providers in the region a glimpse of the conditions they may need to adapt to as the world warms and seasonal weather patterns shift.

“This discovery is significant as it indicates that restoration efforts to improve wildlife habitat and address pollutants in the Toronto area are yielding positive results,” said Karen McDonald, senior manager of restoration and infrastructure for the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.

Cruise ships using dirty scrubber systems on Canada's West Coast spewed out nearly half of the 88 million tonnes of acidic wastewater and toxic metals generated and dumped into the ocean in 2022, new data sparked by a Stand.earth complaint shows.