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Ottawa’s new webpage, Equi’Vision, shows Indigenous workers’ mean hourly wage is about nine per cent less than non-Indigenous workers' hourly earnings.

A report just released by energy think tank Ember found that fossil fuel electricity generation levels in Europe reached a record low in 2023, calling into question Canada's justification for exporting LNG abroad.

In Alaska and British Columbia, climate change may open new rivers to fish – and to gold mines.

A new private member’s bill is taking aim at fossil fuel companies using the same tactics that forced Big Tobacco to stop advertising.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined a chorus of well-wishers from Canada and around the world on Monday in wishing King Charles a speedy recovery after Buckingham Palace revealed the monarch has been diagnosed with cancer.

Federal health minister Mark Holland is asking Parliament to slow down on his government's plan to expand access to medically assisted death for people whose sole underlying condition is mental illness. 

Demand for federal cash to help defray the cost of home energy renovations spiked in recent months, forcing the government to close applications for the program almost a year earlier than expected.

A cryptocurrency firm has lost a bid to force BC Hydro to provide the vast amounts of power needed for its operations, upholding the provincial government's right to pause power connections for new crypto miners.

Cleanup in Nova Scotia could take days after more than a metre of snow piled up in some parts of the province over the weekend.

In cities like Tucson, Ariz., neighbours are planting trees to provide shade — and food.

Last Generation Canada is aligning with an international climate movement network called A22 as it prepares for a new wave of direct action and demands in the nation’s capital.

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories got the go-ahead from Canada's nuclear regulator to build a disposal facility for one million cubic metres of waste but the licensing process has been fraught with concerns and interventions from former employees and concerned scientists and citizens.

Scientists say climate change makes the heat waves and drought now hitting South America more likely — and both contribute to wildfires by drying out the plants that feed the blazes.

Foreign nationals and companies will be banned from buying residential properties in Canada for an additional two years, the federal finance minister said on Sunday, the latest in a raft of measures aimed at addressing housing affordability concerns that have dogged the governing Liberals for months.

Smith's office says the new space is meant to expand the province's presence in the nation's capital and to amplify Alberta's voice on the national stage.