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Charges dropped against high flying Trans Mountain protestors
Twelve anti-pipeline daredevils that rappelled from Vancouver’s Ironworkers’ Bridge in July and flew large flags protesting Trans Mountain have been told they will not be charged.
We challenge every federal and provincial leader to read the latest UN climate report and tell us what you plan to do
Scientists have laid out the facts. The world must come together now.
Who is the prime suspect in the death of Energy East?
What led to the failure of the Energy East pipeline, the largest oil pipeline project ever proposed in Canada? Journalist Jacques Poitras set out to chronicle the story of the Energy East project several years ago, but by the time he finished his book, the pipeline had been terminated by its proponent, Calgary-based energy company, TransCanada. It turned his book into a political whodunit.
Tens of thousands without power after tornado in Ottawa region
Hydro Ottawa says more than 170,000 customers were without power early this morning as a result of the twister, which blew through Ottawa, Dunrobin, Ont., and Gatineau, Que., late Friday afternoon.
Indigenous rights and Trans Mountain: in-depth with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Listen to Sandy Garossino speak about Thrusday's ruling on the Trans Mountain expansion approval, and the full audio of her previous interview with Prime Minister Trudeau about the pipeline and Indigenous consultation.
How was Faisal Hussain able to get a gun?
In Canada, gun ownership requires background checks that go five years into an applicant's past to look for any criminal convictions, mental illness associated with violence or a history of violence and threats. How did the Toronto suspect get a gun?
Mysterious odour in Saskatchewan oil facility contained waste not approved to be disposed at facility
At the time of the incident, residents in the town of Unity, Sask. said the overwhelming smell wafted in from outside. More than six months later, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources has come out with its findings about what made them sick.
Opponents of the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion protest in kayaks
Opponents of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion gathered on traditional Tsleil-Waututh territory to launch a 'flotilla' of boats to the Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby.
We asked about your favourite places in Canada. You answered.
National Observer's readers share photographs and stories of the places they love best.
Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau struck starkly different tones in response to the Capital Gazette shooting
"Journalists tell the stories of our communities, protect democracy, (and) often put their lives on the line just to do their jobs," Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau wrote in a Twitter post overnight, adding the attack on the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland was "devastating" and extending condolences to victims and families. Trump walked past reporters without commenting on the tragedy.