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A road map for an environmental assessment of northern Ontario’s Ring of Fire mining region was announced Monday by the federal government and 15 First Nations. But questions remain about the provincial government’s role moving forward.

Three years after a wildfire destroyed Lytton, the disaster has left a lingering gap in food security.

Chrissy Isaacs's grandson knows the water is sick. He freaks out when he sees someone drinking from the tap. All he has known is big blue water jugs.

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, the company building the facility near the Ottawa River, has informed Kebaowek First Nation of its intent to displace the black bears from their homes in spite of a pending legal challenge.

Indigenous tourism businesses faced barriers accessing government support over the pandemic, despite suffering from “disproportionately negative impacts” of the travel restrictions and economic chaos of that time, according to internal documents.

Niki Ashton, MP for Churchill—Keewatinook Aski in Northern Manitoba, has paid back her expenses from a Quebec trip over the Christmas holidays in 2022 profiled in a CBC News article released two weeks ago.

The Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program will be sector agnostic, allowing Indigenous nations to choose their path to economic prosperity. How might it conflict with the climate crisis?

Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator says there will be enough electricity supply to meet the additional demand created by what's expected to be a prolonged heat wave.

Ineos Styrolution, the plastics plant mired in controversy since high levels of benzene pollution were reported there earlier this year, is citing economic realities in its announcement that it will shut its Sarnia operations, which employ approximately 80 workers and numerous contractors.

A delegation of people whose lives have been impacted by climate change came together to speak to their experiences at a press conference in the House of Commons on Thursday.

The Ford government has created new benzene regulations for a specific Sarnia, Ont., plastics plant currently under suspension for emitting high levels of the toxin. They set an emissions cap ten times higher than the provincial standard.

It’s pouring outside, but the rain isn’t dampening Jim Hodgson’s spirits. In fact, he’s beaming.

Patty Hajdu says the First Nations Clean Water Act will be “another tool” for nations to curb environmental racism and protect their waters — but that Conservative actions in the House have only obstructed its progress.

A new senate report details how reliant the Inuit and some coastal community economies are on the seal trade — and how badly their economies were devastated by the collapse of the European Union market for their products after campaigning by Paul McCartney and other activists.

A joint statement from Environment Canada and B.C.'s Energy Ministry says Ottawa is providing up to $103.7 million while the province is adding up to $151 million to increase the number of households eligible for upgrades.