Politics

A handful of ranchers in British Columbia's Interior are getting ready to graze their cattle in concentrated areas near homes and community infrastructure, where they'll eat the grasses that dry over the summer and heighten the wildfire risk.

A flurry of summits this week across Dubai addressed the threat of climate change, or at least acknowledged that a pivot away from fossil fuels toward cleaner sources of power is needed to keep temperatures from rising.

In a world where climate pledges are often used as marketing ploys, a United Nations panel led by Catherine McKenna will try to push business investors and cities to back up vague commitments with credible plans.

Russian troops left the heavily contaminated Chernobyl nuclear site early Friday after returning control to the Ukrainians, authorities said, as residents in parts of eastern Ukraine braced for renewed attacks and awaited blocked supplies of food and other humanitarian relief.

Russia's blocking of humanitarian aid to Ukraine and its bombing of medical facilities should be the subjects of an international war crimes investigation, says Canada's international development minister.

The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is expected to release guidance on fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccine in early April as public health indicators tick up across Canada.

The change will spark a surge in travel bookings both into and out of the country, according to the Tourism Industry Association of Canada, although it's not likely to reach pre-pandemic levels yet.

The national price on pollution will go up another $10 per tonne of greenhouse gas emissions as scheduled today, April 1, 2022, in most provinces.

Canada’s new climate plan is the most comprehensive and detailed so far, and despite some shortcomings, many Canadian environmental organizations say it is an important step in the right direction.

The federal government is looking to "future proof" the carbon price against political decisions to cancel or lower it down the road.

A delegation of Ukrainian lawmakers visited Washington on Wednesday to push for more U.S. assistance, saying their nation needs more military equipment, more financial help and tougher sanctions against Russia.

A moment of silence for the children who didn't return home from the St. Joseph's Mission Residential School near Williams Lake, B.C., marked the end of a visit on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

British Columbia introduced an Indigenous reconciliation plan on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, that sets goals toward implementing its law on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Canada will extend some settlement services to fleeing Ukrainians, but they will not receive all of the same supports as typical refugees, the federal immigration minister said on Wednesday, March 30, 2022.

Earlier this month, a Canada's National Observer investigation uncovered links between a half-dozen self-professed grassroots Facebook pages across the country and Canada Proud founder Jeff Ballingall, a prominent right-wing political strategist, and his associates. Here's a quick guide for those who want to figure out who is running political ads on their community Facebook pages.