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Snubs and scrambles ahead of Carney's major projects meeting with First Nations

Many First Nations leaders see the haste with which the July 17 meeting regarding Bill C-5 was assembled as a reflection of the flaws in the bill itself.
  • Sonal Gupta
  • Arno Kopecky

Toronto couple turns to green roof as city faces climate-driven flooding

When Julie Wang sees streets turn into rivers after another heavy downpour in Toronto, she thinks of the 600-square-foot patch of greenery on her roof — and feels a little less helpless.
  • Abdul Matin Sarfraz

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  • Bea Bruske

Extreme heat is a workplace hazard. We must treat it that way

  • Natasha Bulowski

Alberta won't increase oil sands monitoring funds to keep pace with industry expansion, inflation

  • Darius Snieckus

EU defence demand for critical minerals could jump start Canada's sluggish market: Joly

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  • Graham Readfearn

Sea ice can be ‘early warning system’ for global heating — but the US is halting data sharing

  • Natasha Bulowski

NDP forges ahead with leadership race despite dissent

  • Abdul Matin Sarfraz

Ontario court halts Ford’s plan to tear out Toronto bike lanes

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  • Patricia Lane
  • Sasha Emery

A French podcast brings climate conversations to young listeners

  • Chris Hatch

Republicans complain about smoke. But they voted for fire

  • Max Fawcett

Alberta will never double its oil production 

Features

  • Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

Canadian far right repeats Trump-fuelled conspiracy theories on wildfires

  • Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

Trump allies fume Canadian smoke is ruining summer – and offer misinfo as the solution

  • Abdul Matin Sarfraz

Ford gutted Ontario's environmental laws. Now he wants Ottawa to clear the last line of defence

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  • Johana Bhuiyan

Google undercounts its carbon emissions, report finds

  • Seth Klein

Is Suzuki right that it's 'too late'? We are in an era of simultaneous wins and losses

  • Sophie Hurwitz

Pollution from wildfires can contaminate our water for up to 8 years, study finds

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  • Seth Klein

Is Suzuki right that it's 'too late'? We are in an era of simultaneous wins and losses

  • Cloe Logan

Extreme heat is killing more seniors. Cities aren’t ready

Newfoundland group alleges fish farms are dumping plastic waste and derelict equipment

The group documented historic and ongoing abandoned aquaculture equipment – including old sea cages, plastic, netting and feed bags – by the aquaculture industry.
  • Cloe Logan

Halfway to 2050, and far from where we need to be

  • Chris Hatch

Millions in 'unfair' legal fees part of a broader problem in First Nations law

  • Sonal Gupta

On Carney's agenda, climate is nowhere and everywhere

  • Arno Kopecky

Business

Trump attack on US clean energy progress boosting Canada as a ‘preferred investment destination’

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s stripping of landmark Biden-era investment tax credits from American renewables players has sparked conversations about shifting capital north to Canadian projects, says industry body.
  • Darius Snieckus
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Ports across the North Atlantic join forces, signalling more Arctic cooperation

  • Darius Snieckus
Business Solutions

Canada races to catch up as G7 releases action plan for critical minerals

  • Darius Snieckus
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Could Canada’s carbon capture ambitions catch a chill from Iceland’s struggling Mammoth project?

  • Darius Snieckus
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Trump's anti-offshore wind ire leading US states to look north for Atlantic Canada clean power

  • Darius Snieckus
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  • The Canadian Press

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  • The Canadian Press

Much of Canada smoky, other parts get heat, and some areas see both

  • Wolfgang Depner

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  • Lauren Krugel

From scattered sunlight to dozy bees, smoky days are challenging Canada's food growers

  • The Canadian Press

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  • Sarah Ritchie

Federal Court of Appeal hears case of BC ostrich farm

  • The Canadian Press

June price data coming from Statistics Canada as markets anticipate higher inflation

  • Sonal Gupta

Federal departments fall short of Ottawa’s 5% Indigenous procurement target

  • Seth Borenstein

US won't publish major climate change report, despite promise

  • Chuck Chiang

BC residents asked to conserve water as drought risk increases

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  • Steve Lambert

Fires force Manitoba to prep for evacuees, bring alert to jewel Saskatchewan park

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