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Manitoba's Liberals are promising to create a $7-million annual fund to help communities with lead contamination in their soil if they are elected into government Sept. 10.

Five Canadian diplomats and their family members who became mysteriously ill while posted to Cuba are suing Ottawa for more than $28 million.

"Off the chart" toxic releases in Saskatchewan have been going unpunished for years. Provincial air quality standards have been breached hundreds of times since 2014, but those living nearby were not warned and oil companies responsible for some of the emissions have faced no charges or fines.

A new summary of toxins in the Arctic shows old-fashioned contaminants such as mercury continue to threaten polar bears and whales.

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.

He may have just become head of the David Suzuki Foundation, but Stephen Cornish already has some clear and direct messages for governments and Canadians. There are some serious challenges ahead for all, but some solutions at hand. He also shares his thoughts about the controversies that follow the famous co-founder and namesake of the Vancouver-based environmental organization.

The Alberta government is thinking about cleaning up a former wood-preserving site along one of the province's biggest lakes by capping it off and turning the adjacent land into a park.

A parliamentary committee's proposed update of federal law to greatly improve protection against toxic substances is long overdue, says Liberal MP William Amos.

Farid El-Hayouni and Ibtissam Saidi are almost certain they won't live on Prospect Drive again.

The assumption that in-situ oilsands are more environmentally friendly has been turned on its head, in the wake of a new study published Monday by the University of Ottawa.