A U.S.-based animal protection group is touring coastal Nova Scotia communities in hopes of finding one interested in becoming a retirement home for whales and dolphins raised in captivity.

Amid mounting calls to phase out fossil fuels in the face of rapidly worsening climate change, the United States is ramping up oil and gas drilling faster than any other country, threatening to add 1,000 coal plants’ worth of planet-warming gases by the middle of the century, according to a report released Wednesday.

Faced with potentially ruinous lawsuits over California's recent wildfires, Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, January 29, 2019, in a move that could lead to higher bills for customers of the nation's biggest utility and reduce the size of any payouts to fire victims.

The case of a senior executive of Chinese tech juggernaut Huawei Technologies is scheduled to return to court in Vancouver today, January 29, 2019.