Politics

Canada is closing its borders to visitors from southern Africa after the discovery of a concerning new COVID-19 variant was detected in the region.

The federal Liberals have introduced a two-for-one piece of legislation that would provide sick leave to some workers, and bring the law down on anyone harassing health-care employees.

A series of scathing reports from Canada’s climate watchdog have laid bare decades of failure to reduce emissions, with the current government tarred with “policy incoherence” across several files.

A federal program providing financial aid to help struggling oil and gas companies reduce greenhouse gas emissions was “poorly designed” and amounts to little more than a fossil fuel subsidy, a new report reveals.

The Greens have chosen a non-binary astrophysicist as the interim leader of their party.

The House of Commons held an emergency debate on Wednesday, November 24, 2021, night on the devastating floods in British Columbia amid increased attention to how ill-prepared the country is for the effects of a changing climate.

British Columbia remains in "uncharted territory" with a chain of storms set to sweep over areas of the province that are already struggling to recover from devastating flooding, Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth said on Wednesday, November 24, 2021.

The Trudeau Liberals have outlined their latest aid package for an economy recovering from COVID-19, proposing targeted support to severely affected businesses, locked-down workers, and extra weeks of benefits that expired just days ago.

Building off a House of Commons declaration from 2019, Independent Sen. Rosa Galvez wants the upper house to declare a national climate emergency.

As some evacuees from devastating flooding in British Columbia were allowed to return home on Tuesday, November 23, 2021, the mayor of Abbotsford said preparations were progressing for another storm that's expected later this week.

Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair says the risk of future storms has to be taken into account as British Columbia rebuilds following massive rainstorms and deadly mudslides.

Parents in Alberta can start booking online COVID-19 vaccination times for their children on Wednesday, November 24, 2021, as three more provinces announced the rollout of similar inoculation programs on Tuesday, November 23, 2021.

The federal minister of emergency preparedness says border guards have been advised that British Columbia residents can cross into the United States for essential supplies because of flooding in the province after some were reportedly facing fines or told they would have to quarantine on returning to Canada.

British Columbia's public safety minister says more than 6,500 people have registered as evacuees and those whose homes were flooded last week are eligible for a $2,000 grant through the Canadian Red Cross and the province.

A coalition of at least eight environmental groups is threatening to sue Alberta Premier Jason Kenney for defamation if he doesn't retract and apologize for statements saying a public inquiry found they spread misinformation about the province's oil and gas industry.