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It's not clear who are the winners and losers in the future of the commercial salmon fishery as Ottawa transforms an industry once the backbone of the coast. But trends suggest those with the deepest pockets will come out on top, industry experts say.

The operators of an offshore oil rig have come forward in court to plead not guilty to a 2019 oil spill, which saw 12,000 litres of oil leach into the Atlantic Ocean.

Several times last year, Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau found herself stomping through fields talking to farmers dealing with unprecedented floods, drought and hurricanes. The disasters were an "eye-opener" for many, hinting at a future where the climate crisis will make similar disasters more common — and worse. 

As a climate change-induced drought wears on, it’s putting more pressure on wildlife, livestock and people — with deadly consequences.

Such a significant loss of greenery isn’t just an eyesore; it’s bad for health.

After some employee training and a deposit of $30,000 into an environmental fund, charges have been dropped against an Ontario-based seafood company accused of illegally importing European eel meat.

Data published on Wednesday, January 4, 2023, by a respected environmental think tank indicates Germany likely missed its target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions again last year, despite a big effort by the new government to expand the renewable energy use.

A high-stakes, yearslong legal battle over a huge lithium mine planned in Nevada resumes on Thursday, January 5, 2023, with arguments from lawyers for the mining company, the U.S. agency that approved it and the rancher, tribes and conservationists fighting the project.

In a world getting used to extreme weather, 2023 is starting out more bonkers than ever and meteorologists are saying it’s natural weather weirdness with a bit of help from human-caused climate change.

Debate over medical assistance in dying is heating up as a deadline approaches to expand the program to people whose sole underlying condition is a mental disorder. 

An increasing number of asylum seekers to Quebec is putting pressure on the province’s social services network, with homeless shelters in Montreal bearing the brunt of the influx of people, advocates say.

One woman changed her flight to avoid the incoming rules.

Nour Alideeb and her partner are trying to decide what to do with the hundreds of dollars they're now saving on child care for their two-year-old son.

Airline passengers leaving China, Hong Kong and Macau will have to provide evidence of a negative COVID-19 test when they enter Canada starting today, January 5, 2023.

Britain had its warmest year on record in 2022, official figures showed on Thursday, January 5, 2023, the latest evidence that climate change is transforming Europe’s weather.