Canada

An Alberta judge's comments about an expert witness at the trial of parents who were accused in their son's death were "prejudiced, racist, xenophobic and anti-immigrant," says a letter by a group that represents Nigerian doctors in Canada.

Rose Mary Wolfe in Lestock, Saskatchewan. Bella Johnson in Whitefish Lake, Alberta. Jacob Grey in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. James Paul in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia.

A children's rights advocate is urging Canada to adopt a United Nations protocol that 16 youths, including Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, are using to push for climate action.

Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish activist whose global crusade compelled Canadians to flood the streets on Friday, September 27, 2019, as part of a global protest, says claims to climate leadership in both Sweden and Canada mean "absolutely nothing."

She's not old enough to get her learner's permit, but Autumn Peltier has been a driving force in the fight to protect water in Canada's Indigenous communities for years.

The number of doctors in Canada is growing at a rate more than double that of the population, says a report by the Canadian Institute of Health Information.

The scientists say that as seawater gets warmer and more acidic, marine life is desperately fleeing to the poles in search of milder conditions.

A lawyer for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou denies her defence team is on a "fishing expedition" for documents to support its case.

A new IPCC report has found that if we want to stop unprecedented sea level rise, we need urgent climate action that harnesses Indigenous knowledge and deploys renewable energy technology.

Former prime ministers Jean Chretien and Joe Clark are helping represent Canada at the United Nations General Assembly as the Trudeau government takes a pass during the federal election campaign.

Canadian officials followed the law when they detained Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver's airport and the defence has no proof to substantiate its "conspiracy theory" that she was illegally arrested, the Crown says.

Canada's chief public health officer says at least three reports of potential vaping-related illnesses are being investigated, but she doesn't consider any to be confirmed.

An extensive study of hundreds of bird species across decades worth of data has for the first time estimated how badly numbers of even the most common birds have shrunk.

Britain's envoy to Canada says her government wants to avoid a no-deal Brexit departure from the European Union, and its presentation of documents to Brussels on Thursday, September 19, 2019, was a step towards a last-ditch agreement.

Closing the Investment Gap (CIG) is a global initiative Canada is supporting alongside Denmark, Jamaica and the UN that has brought governments of nine developing countries over the past two years together with private sector investors to fund development projects that satisfy climate goals.