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Public health research has shown that climate change is amplifying the health disparities that poorer people already face as a result of social conditions, like substandard housing or jobs with poor working conditions.

For the first time, the data agency will be offering the option to fill out the census online to every community this year, saying it is the safest and easiest method.

A bill proposing to ban exports of non-recyclable plastic waste from Canada to foreign countries narrowly passed through a parliamentary committee Wednesday.

Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan energy ministers warned a House of Commons committee examining Canada-U.S. relations Tuesday that the shutdown would have a “devastating impact” on the provinces.

Canada is scheduled to receive a flood of new COVID-19 vaccine doses this week, with around 3.3 million shots due for delivery from different pharmaceutical companies over the coming days.

Those holding our savings and mortgages and controlling the flow of money into coal, oil and gas — RBC and the rest of Canadian banking gang — need to wake up and smell the CO2, writes Richard Brooks, climate finance director with Stand.earth.

Many international students have postponed or cancelled their plans to study in Canada since Ottawa decided last month to limit entry options to the country to just four airports and require international travellers to pay for a mandatory hotel quarantine.

Indigenous tourism in B.C., and across Canada, was on a solid upward trajectory before the pandemic decimated the industry last year. And 2020 was expected to be a banner year.

Where does the Conservative Party of Canada go from here? How can Canadians put their trust in a political party that denies "climate change is real?" asks Gerald Kutney.

China lashed out on Tuesday, March 23, 2021, against Canada and other western countries, saying they have no right to criticize the regime's human-rights record, considering their own.

This month, Democrats in the United States introduced the CLEAN Future Act in Congress, which would create a “buy clean” program to set standards for emissions allowed in construction materials bought using federal funds. 

Bill C-230 would require the federal government to collect data on locations affected by environmental hazards, and to examine their connections to race, socioeconomic status and health.

Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union levelled sanctions against Chinese officials Monday over human rights violations against minority Muslims in that country.

Canada's COVID-19 vaccination drive is poised to shift into high gear this week as the federal public health agency prepares to take delivery of the largest number of doses since the launch of the immunization effort.

A panel of experts and powerful political luminaries from both Canada and the United States sounded the alarm on Thursday, March 18, 2021, about what they consider an urgent need to get serious about reopening the shared border.