Travel headaches expected as storm hits Ontario, Quebec
A major winter storm is bearing down on Ontario and Quebec, with residents being warned to reconsider travel plans as conditions could get hazardous.
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Trudeau headed to Jamaica for weeklong family vacation
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is heading to Jamaica after Christmas for a one-week vacation with his immediate family.
As Trudeau fields questions on China interference, Liberal MP says he has become 'target'
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U.K.’s flying insect numbers plummet 64% since 2004
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Canada’s biggest certifier of sustainable forests faces greenwashing accusations
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Canada, B.C. say no to proposed coal mine over 'significant' environmental effects
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Toronto District School Board shutters schools ahead of nasty holiday storm
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Trudeau shifts foreign aid toward infrastructure financing
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Japan does about face and goes all in on nuclear
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How forest carbon credits intend to offset pollution
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B.C. pulls the plug on electricity connections for crypto mining
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Alaska’s Arctic waterways are turning orange. Fancy a drink?
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As the world negotiates international deals, Indigenous Peoples navigate a space ‘somewhere in the between’
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