National Observer

Despite fresh rumblings of a bilateral deal between the United States and Mexico, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is convinced that a full North American Free Trade Agreement is best for all three countries.

It may not get more than a passing glance when it goes in front of Toronto City Council at their meeting next week, but one short sentence buried on the fifteenth page of a routine budget report should send a chill up the spine of Mayor John Tory.

At the time of the incident, residents in the town of Unity, Sask. said the overwhelming smell wafted in from outside. More than six months later, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources has come out with its findings about what made them sick.

Abnormally hot temperatures continue to wreak devastation across northern and central parts of the continent

Did you know that the dress you’re wearing, or the jacket you’re rocking, or the new polo you’re sporting might be destroying orangutan habitats in Indonesia? In this National Observer video below, Michael Ruffolo takes the shirt off rayon.

Last summer in B.C., 190 homes and nearly 250 other buildings were completely destroyed by wildfires in both the Thompson-Nicola Regional District and the Cariboo Regional District. To reduce losses like this in the future, there are things people can do to make their homes safer if a wildfire strikes.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford joined forces Thursday with Saskatchewan in a court case against Ottawa's carbon pricing policy.

Over five years, the federal government will spend an additional $20 million to help women enter and succeed in the trades and $32 million to create career pathways for visible minorities and women who are new to Canada. The package also adds $105 million over five years to the coffers of regional development agencies that support investments in women-led businesses, and $1.4 billion over 3 years.

Ford’s government has picked a fight with Ottawa over asylum seekers, accusing the Trudeau Liberals of creating a “mess” of the national refugee system.

The MP for the Alberta riding of Edmonton—Mill Woods was appointed natural resources minister by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday. He replaces Jim Carr, who was shifted to the international trade file.

Canadian Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna says she has come out of her first meeting with her new Ontario counterpart feeling "disappointed."

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has expanded his cabinet by five, adding some new positions, and shifting some responsibilities among the senior ministers in his government, as Canada enters the last year before the next general election.

Renewable energy builders and buyers won't sit idly while a senior member of the Ontario government calls their projects "unnecessary and wasteful."

An Ontario Superior Court judge is telling federal tax authorities they can't set limits on how much a charity devotes to political activity in a new ruling that grants a win to a national anti-poverty group.

"At this point, the only thing I can do to protest Trump is to not spend a penny in the U.S., so I won't be crossing the border until the immigration issue is resolved, and maybe even until he is out of office." - Virginia Champoux

Canadians have reported receiving calls on their mobile phones from someone called 'Tell City Hall.'

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's decision to cancel rebates for electric vehicles in the province is expected to have a knock-on effect on sales.

As climate change drives ever hotter summer temperatures, more and more Canadians are turning to air conditioning to stay cool. It's one of the miserable ironies of global warming because air conditioning contributes to even warmer climates.

Opponents of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion gathered on traditional Tsleil-Waututh territory to launch a 'flotilla' of boats to the Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby.