Pediatricians believe climate conversations should be part of any doctor’s visit
From low birth weight to wildfire smoke, kids can bear the brunt of climate change.
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CBC head Catherine Tait grilled by Tory MPs over executive bonuses
An appearance by the CEO of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. at a parliamentary committee turned personal on Tuesday, even before Catherine Tait faced a barrage of questions from Conservative MPs over executive bonuses.
Vancouver Island community mourns fish lost as B.C. drought again heightens risk
Project 84,000 is intended to depict the number of steelhead and trout that died in a massive fish kill in the drought-stricken Cowichan River on southern Vancouver Island last year.
Orca orphan swimming near other killer whales, but hasn't yet found family
A pod of killer whales has been spotted far offshore from the remote Vancouver Island inlet where an orphaned orca has been spending time since escaping a lagoon last month, but a member of her rescue team is downplaying the prospect of an imminent family reunion.
Prominent conservationist was ‘true force of nature’
Bruce Falls is remembered by family, friends and the Canadian conservation community as a champion of nature and a leader in conservation and bird studies.
Should the feds be doing more about e-bike fire safety?
As e-bike usage has risen in Canada, so has the number of fires caused by substandard lithium-ion batteries sometimes used to power them.
Toxic spill raises questions about radioactive waste
For more than a month, while Algonquin First Nation members harvested plentiful pickerel, walleye and pike from the Ottawa River, they had no idea toxic sewage could also be flowing in the water.
The problem with ordering people back to the office
When office workers stopped working in offices in 2020, trading their cubicles for living room couches during COVID-19 lockdowns, many began questioning those hours they had spent commuting to work.
Coastal cleanup groups worry federal funding cuts will sink efforts to tackle ocean plastics
Coastal cleanup groups are worried because the federal Ghost Gear Fund — which sunk nearly $60 million into 139 projects to alleviate the problem of ocean plastics — isn’t outlined in the recent federal budget.
In Brazil’s flooded south, there’s too much water and not enough
The most urgent need is drinking water, but food and personal hygiene products are also in short supply. Other Brazilian states are mobilizing trucks with donations bound for Rio Grande do Sul.
Court appearance today for three Indian nationals charged with murdering Nijjar
Three Indian nationals accused of murdering Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar are due to face court in Surrey, B.C., on Tuesday over the killing that triggered a major diplomatic rift with New Delhi.
India's envoy to Canada to speak on trade relations after RCMP arrests
India's envoy to Canada is scheduled to speak publicly today for the first time since the RCMP made arrests related to a homicide that has roiled tensions between the two countries.
Singh launches preemptive defence of pharmacare bill before vote
The Liberals and the New Democrats full-throatedly pledged to stop the Conservatives from blocking their pharmacare legislation in the House of Commons on Monday — even though the two parties have more than enough votes to bypass the Opposition.
The world agreed to a climate reparations fund. Now comes the hard part
A 26-member board is finally beginning work on the UN's new loss and damage fund. And the to-do list is long.
Alberta let Shell sell $203 million of ‘phantom’ emissions credits
The Alberta government struck a deal with Shell that allowed the oilsands company to sell $203 million worth of credits for greenhouse gas emission reductions that never happened, a new Greenpeace Canada report reveals.