Major Canadian oil and pipelines companies Cenovus Energy Inc (TSX:CVE) and Enbridge Inc (TSX:ENB) plan to spend more than $1 billion each in 2019 as they struggle to deal with low commodity prices.

Climate change is causing glaciers atop Mount Meager in British Columbia to shrink, increasing the chances of landslides and even a new eruption, says an expert studying the volcano.

The largest-ever oil spill off the coast of Newfoundland has raised fresh safety and environmental concerns about how the province’s expanding offshore oil industry is regulated.

The agency that regulates offshore safety in Newfoundland and Labrador says all offshore oil rigs in the province's waters have been temporarily shut down.

Gobal wildlife populations have fallen by 60 per cent in the last four decades.

Three relatively strong earthquakes were recorded Sunday night in the Pacific Ocean off Vancouver Island.

The Manitoba government says it is pulling out of its plan to charge a carbon tax and is joining some other provinces opposed to the federal government's demands. Premier Brian Pallister says Ottawa has not respected the province's right to come up with its own plan with a lower rate.

Quebec premier-designate François Legault says he is prepared to invoke the notwithstanding clause to ensure public officials in positions of authority do not wear religious symbols.

A senior federal source says the Liberals are considering hiring a former top judge to guide a renewed consultation with Indigenous communities on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

Newfoundland and Labrador is a major step closer to developing its deepest offshore oil site at Bay du Nord