John O’Connor recalls his long battle to have the health impacts of the oilsands acknowledged — and applauds the decision to have communities lead promised probe.
Plans to help migrating salmon make it up British Columbia's Chilcotin River to spawning grounds are in the works after a massive landslide breach created barrier challenges, but officials will wait to see if the water carves a new route for the fish, says Nathan Cullen, the provincial water, land and resource stewardship minister.
Remnants of tropical storm Debby merging with another low pressure system over the Great Lakes could bring up to 100 millimetres of rain to parts of Eastern Canada on Friday.
Residents of Jasper, Alta., who lost their homes in last month’s wildfire face unique rebuilding challenges tied to leasing provisions nearly as old as Canada, followed modern rules dictating what they can and can’t construct.
An invoice obtained through a federal Access to Information request allows Canada’s National Observer to reveal a report commissioned by the RCMP, spying on activists' online activities
The oil and gas giant's profits reached US$14 billion, angering climate advocates as the corporation continues to grow its fossil fuel business while pulling back on low-carbon alternatives.
A group of Indigenous communities in Alaska are calling for a stop to a “reckless” mining plan across the Canadian border that they say will threaten their water, food supply and way of life.
Following years of advocacy and struggle, Indigenous nations downstream of the oilsands have received funding to understand the diseases they argue are a direct cause of the fossil fuel industry.
After an independent review, Justice Minister Arif Virani announced on Wednesday that Birju Dattani has agreed not to begin his appointment as chief commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission on Thursday as planned.
Residents of small communities across Canada are finding creative ways of getting around Facebook's news blackout to share updates about dangerous weather events, but they say it's still tough to get information to people quickly on the platform.
Earth’s string of 13 straight months with a new average heat record came to an end this past July as the natural El Nino climate pattern ebbed, the European climate agency Copernicus announced on Wednesday.
More than three decades after Indigenous leaders in northern Alberta began asking for funding to better understand if pollution from the oilsands was making their people sick, the federal government is funding a study to do just that.
Experts express concern that salvage logging has no ecological benefit, contradicts B.C.’s promise to prioritize ecosystem health over timber, and the process should be reconsidered.
Fossil fuel companies are pressuring the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board to weaken proposed rules to report on greenhouse gas emissions, threatening the country's ability to attract investment as the energy transition unfolds.