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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is pursuing rule changes that experts say would weaken the way radiation exposure is regulated, turning to scientific outliers who argue that a bit of radiation damage is actually good for you — like a little bit of sunlight.

The operator of Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant said on Friday, September 28, 2018, that much of the radioactive water stored at the plant isn't clean enough and needs further treatment if it is to be released into the ocean.

With an eye on future lunar exploration, Canada's space agency is calling on companies to present their ideas for everything from moon-rover power systems to innovative mineral prospecting techniques.

Canada will join Mexico and other European and Asian auto-producing countries this week to plot strategy ahead of the potential imposition of tariffs on vehicles and auto parts exported to the United States.

The federal environment minister says she wants business leaders involved when she and her counterparts from other G7 nations gather in Halifax this fall to discuss how to reduce the flow of plastic waste into the oceans.

Hundreds of locals from the small mountainous town that will soon host the annual G7 summit gathered on Wednesday, May 23, 2018, night to meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who helped choose their region for the global event.

Brewers in Quebec's Charlevoix region have put the world inside a pint glass by creating a special beer fit for a head of state.

The United Nations group which regulates the international shipping industry is being asked to cut emissions from the cargo ships, oil tankers and other vessels that crisscross the world's oceans as they threaten to become the single-largest source of planet-warming greenhouse gases.

The recently rebooted Trans-Pacific Partnership has moved a step closer to becoming reality for Canada.

Canada and the remaining members of the old Trans-Pacific Partnership agreed on Tuesday to a revised trade agreement that will forge ahead without the United States, opening distant new markets at a time of uncertainty closer to home.

An international deal has been reached to prevent commercial fishing in the High Arctic for at least the next 16 years.

Justin Trudeau said he didn't snub TPP leaders by skipping Friday's meeting — he missed it because his bilateral discussion beforehand with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe "went long." The cancellation set off a confusing day of talks. Media reports directly blamed Canada and Trudeau for helping to scuttle the scheduled meeting.

Radioactive contamination from a nuclear power-plant disaster in Japan never reached unsafe levels in the north Pacific Ocean for either marine life or human health, scientist says.

It’s unclear if Trump, sitting in Washington watching Fox News, has ever imagined a nuclear weapon being used on his fellow Americans.

In the middle of Mexico City, there's an outdoor market so massive you'd need a helicopter to witness its entirety.