Canada

Protests and counter-protests for and against Canada's trans and LGBTQ community are being planned across Canada on Wednesday.

Doug Ford continues to plow ahead with his Greenbelt giveaway. Steven Guilbeault can stop it dead in its tracks. Why we might be headed for a major showdown between Ottawa and Ontario — one the Trudeau Liberals can actually win.

New York City just introduced regulations that will cut Airbnb and Vrbo down to size, and help its beleaguered renters in the process. Canadian cities should consider doing the same — and the federal government should help.

A new poll suggests nearly half of Canadians are living paycheque to paycheque as the cost of living crisis continues to squeeze household budgets, and young people are more likely to say their finances are in poor shape.

Canada's current wildfire season is devastating evidence of the effects of climate change, scientists say, but for some conspiracy theorists, the thousands of square kilometres of burnt ground isn't enough to convince them.

Indigenous Peoples demanding access to the Global Environment Facility welcomed the target set Thursday by the international council to fund Indigenous practices as part of the ratification of the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund, but concerns remain.

A growing body of international research suggests pollution from wildfire smoke can produce cognitive deficits, post-traumatic stress and may even increase the risk of dementia, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.

Unrelenting logging and fossil fuel burning have flipped one of the planet's largest forests from a critical CO2 sink into a surging CO2 source. This year's climate-fuelled wildfires are the latest acceleration in a multi-decade trend, writes Barry Saxifrage.

Pelmorex received an administrative licence renewal Aug. 8 for its system — publicly known as Alert Ready — by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), with no public consultation.

Police services across Canada are grappling with how they will relay emergency information, including breaking news and details of missing persons, once Meta begins permanently removing news from its social media platforms.

There is growing concern about the harmful impact of pesticides on human health, agriculture and biodiversity, prompting calls from researchers to reduce their prevalence.

Climate change is driving up insurance rates and raising questions about whether private coverage will even be available for some Canadians in the future.

Fredy Peccerelli, a founding member of the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation, has been working for nearly 30 years to bring home bodies of the "disappeared" — Maya civilians killed during the 36-year civil war in Guatemala that ended in 1996.

Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says the federal government's plan to plant two billion trees by 2030 is on track, but focusing on adapting to climate change is more important than ever.

Discovering news articles and videos on Facebook and Instagram will soon become a relic of the past, as the tech giant announced it is officially ending news availability in Canada.