National Observer

Our overheating planet just reached another staggering — maybe even astronomical — new milestone.

If elected premier of Ontario, new Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford says he will get rid of the carbon cap-and-trade system and make sure millions of dollars stay in the province rather than heading for California or Quebec.

In British Columbia Burning, author Bethany Lindsay does an in-depth investigation into what happened last summer, also taking a look back at the history of wildfires in B.C. and a peak forward at the possibilities for both preventing and fighting them.

The first wave of 300 Canadian military personnel is being sent to British Columbia to help communities overwhelmed by floodwaters as parts of the province are expected to be hit with heavy rain following snowmelt from unseasonably warm weather.

Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna's comments follow concerns flagged by scientists, First Nations and British Columbia about the environmental risk of spills of diluted bitumen, the tar-like heavy oil produced by Alberta's oilsands companies, that will be sent along Trans Mountain.

The documents are the latest files to emerge in a legal review surrounding the unfolding Trans Mountain pipeline expansion saga, as a critical deadline approaches. The Texas-based company behind the project, Kinder Morgan, has said it will walk away from the pipeline if it fails to find a way — before May 31 — to resolve the financial risks it is facing due to fierce opposition in B.C.

Both consumers and political parties have an opportunity to benefit in 2019 from taking on the telecoms. Here's why that should happen.

As the clock ticks down on Ontario's provincial election, reporter Katie Kalmusky asks the Liberal, Conservative, NDP and Green parties for their take on a movement trying to scrap bottled water from the picture.

Humpback whale populations have grown significantly over the last 60 years since regulations were put in place internationally to protect the toothless mammals, whose pre-legislation numbers dwindled due to whaling. But with the return of the humpback comes new challenges.

In a recent article, a team led by Dr. Leslie Field was up in Alaska spreading sand on a frozen lake. The researchers are hoping to find a way to stop sea ice from melting. Could this actually work?

Saskatchewan's former premier offered rare praise for the Trudeau government Wednesday, as well as hard questions for the future of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion as British Columbia Premier John Horgan's government continues to challenge the project.

Covered in fake blood, dozens of people staged a 'die-in' in front of the gates of a Kinder Morgan pipeline terminal on Burnaby Mountain on Wednesday.

As the federal government doubles down on support for Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain expansion project, Transport Minister Marc Garneau is strengthening the oceans protection plan that aims to keep British Columbia's waters free of oil spills.

Quebec Environment Minister Isabelle Melançon is urging her federal counterpart not to cave in to the Trump administration's efforts to water down tailpipe pollution regulations for vehicles.

Canada and an American energy company want a First Nation in British Columbia to pay for their legal fees following ‘significant’ delay and prejudice to a stalled pipeline expansion project.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Wednesday he is prepared to protect the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion to the west coast against financial loss. The Trudeau government has been in discussions with Alberta as well as the proponent of Trans Mountain, Kinder Morgan, over an arrangement to use public money to back the pipeline.​

Kinder Morgan’s fanfare announcement is a cover-up. Trans Mountain pipeline expansion lacked commercial viability from the get-go. It has required government supported handouts at every stage of development. Kinder Morgan has put very little shareholder capital at risk. It has always looked to others — the shippers, Canadian investors and Canadian taxpayers — to do so.

The federal Transport Department is refusing to explain why it rejected a marine safety concern flagged by the B.C. government in 2016 that was related to the Trans Mountain pipeline and oil tanker expansion project.

Hereditary Chief Ian Campbell of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) officially announced he will run for mayor of Vancouver with Vision Vancouver. If successful, he would be the first Indigenous mayor in Vancouver.