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As the Trump administration boosts fossil fuels and rolls back regulations, mayors are greening their cities — in more ways than one.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is resisting an Opposition call to bring in the military to combat wildfires that have forced thousands from their homes.

Wildfires in Canada and Siberia’s boreal regions may have an unexpected effect: over the next 35 years they could slow warming by 12 per cent globally and 38 per cent in the Arctic, according to a recent climate study.

The federal and provincial governments have announced they will match Red Cross donations to help those affected by wildfires burning in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

A British Columbia First Nation has built up a small artificial island in the tidal shallows of Coles Bay off Vancouver Island, triggering an investigation by fisheries officials into whether it involved habitat destruction and if authorization should have been required.

Darren Robinson had some very important news to tell US president George Bush and José María Aznar, the prime minister of Spain.

Faced with a trade war they didn't start, Canadians are divided on whether they see the United States as an "enemy" or an "ally," a new poll suggests.

Canadian steel companies and union workers are meeting with members of Parliament today with the hopes of convincing Ottawa to punch back at US President Donald Trump's tariff hike.

Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu on Wednesday called on Canada Post and the union representing 55,000 postal workers to return to the bargaining table and hash out terms for binding arbitration, with the two sides still far apart on key issues.

A dozen Canadian men and children detained in Syria are complaining to the Canadian Human Rights Commission that Ottawa is discriminating against them by not assisting their return to Canada.

First Nations in northern British Columbia have secured a one-year pause on new mining claims across a vast stretch of their traditional territory, a move Indigenous leaders called “history-making” for Indigenous-led land management.

The Ford government introduced legislation Tuesday that would open Ontario’s public clean energy fund to support nuclear power — a move critics say redirects resources away from faster, cheaper renewable options such as wind and solar.

Businesses have pulled the plug on big projects amid Trump’s retreat on climate action. But plenty remain in the pipeline, awaiting a Congressional decision on tax credits.

Garneau was the first Canadian in space, and went on to become a high-profile federal politician.

New Democrat MPs are set to vote against the government's throne speech, interim NDP Leader Don Davies said Wednesday. The vote on the throne speech is a confidence matter, which means it's the first real test of Prime Minister Mark Carney's government. If the government loses a confidence vote, it's defeated — which could lead to a snap election.