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As states legislate against products containing PFAS, the chemical and consumer products industries are deploying lawyers and lobbyists to protect their investments.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet with his new cabinet this morning.

Rule changes designed to reduce opioid overdose deaths in British Columbia in 2016 inadvertently harmed cancer and palliative-care patients by reducing their access to pain killers, a new study has found.

A change to Canada's electoral system would have delivered a very different House of Commons this year — one without the monolithic regional strongholds held by both major federal parties — according to an analysis for The Canadian Press.

Ontario's electricity is now being produced with the highest percentage of greenhouse-gas-emitting power since coal plants were operating in the province.

Prime Minister Mark Carney shook up his cabinet on Tuesday by moving some key players involved in Canada-US relations into new positions and promoting 24 new faces in a move meant to signal change at the top.

Newly appointed federal ministers must focus on a range of key areas including clean investment tax credits, grid modernization, and streamlining interprovincial trade to bolster the economy in the face of US tariffs and slow-rolling reindustrialization, leading business groups say.

Carney's cabinet signals a “potential downgrading” of climate change and environment, and "climate is less central to the government's agenda than it was," says a York professor.

Premier Doug Ford is selling car-friendly tax and toll cuts announced on Tuesday as a win for Ontario drivers — but experts warn the lost revenue could drain funding for public transit, shift costs to taxpayers and set back climate goals by encouraging more driving.

New cabinet under Prime Minister Carney makes history with increased Indigenous representation, signalling a big leap toward reconciliation.

Conservatives led by Friedrich Merz remain committed to renewables, but say "we must and we will change" an economic policy focused on climate.

Danielle Smith says that picking Julie Dabrusin as Canada’s environment minister is a "step in the wrong direction," citing concerns that it forecasts renewed federal opposition to her province's wellspring oil and gas industry.

Slowing demand for EVs and US tariffs impact on Canada’s auto sector force the Japanese automaker to postpone plans for an EV supply chain in Ontario, dealing a severe blow to Canadian EV ambitions.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to name his new cabinet at Rideau Hall this morning — and it's expected to be a slimmed-down front bench meant to signal a more businesses-minded approach to government.

While the recent federal election turned into a tight race between the Liberals and Conservatives that left other parties trailing far behind, a new poll suggests most Canadians don't want the country end up with a two-party system.