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Earth’s average temperature remained at a record high on Wednesday, July 5, 2023, after two days in which the planet reached unofficial records. It’s the latest marker in a series of climate-change-driven extremes.

The head of global energy giant Shell says it would be “irresponsible” to cut oil and gas production at a time when the world economy is still dependent on fossil fuels.

This week, average global temperatures are smashing records left and right, which “should fill everyone with anxiety,” says Green Party deputy leader Jonathan Pedneault. 

On Monday, the global average temperature reached a record high of 17.01 C. The next day, the record was broken by another 0.17 C, according to the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer. Scientists predict Wednesday’s temperatures might surpass both of these.

The heat waves wracking the country are bad enough on their own. But they’re colliding with another crisis: The water is running low.

Thousands of Canadians die prematurely each year due to air pollution. These climate organizations are petitioning Canada's environment watchdog to find out what Ottawa is doing about it.

The Ontario government is making a bid to build the province’s largest nuclear power project in more than 30 years.

The decision of the three governments came after Meta promised to block Canadian news content on its Facebook and Instagram platforms in response to Canada's recently passed Online News Act.

The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security — which leads Canada's federal response to cybersecurity incidents — said Wednesday it can't disclose details of the cybersecurity incident that caused payment systems at many of Suncor's Petro-Canada locations across the country to go down last week. 

Pierre Grenier says that ever since the 2013 train derailment in Lac-Megantic, Que., spilled 100,000 litres of crude oil into the Chaudière River, the fishing hasn't been the same.

A United Nations body has affirmed earlier findings that Canada's largest national park remains under environmental threats from dams, oilsands development and climate change.

The Alberta government has approved a $175-million recovery program for municipalities and Metis settlements affected by wildfires.

Canadians eligible for the GST credit are expected to receive a special payment today to help with the rising cost of groceries.

Two years ago, Toronto city council banned e-scooters due to safety concerns and objections raised by the disability community.