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Canada's carbon goals 'feasible' with hydrogen despite auditor concerns: Wilkinson

The federal natural resources minister said on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, that concerns from the auditor general’s office about government plans to move to a more hydrogen-powered economy don’t mean the goals aren’t achievable.

By Bob Weber | News, Politics | April 27th 2022

Terry Hoover, owner of Hoover's Maple Syrup in Atwood, Ont., gives a tour during the 2022 tapping ceremony on Feb. 25, 2022. Photo by Nick Iwanyshyn / Canada's National Observer

A warming climate is sending more tree-destroying pests north

According to Environment Canada, the overall economic impact of invasive species in Canada, including plants and living creatures, is staggering: about $7.5 billion annually.

Canada's forests in peril

By Chloe Rose Stuart-Ulin | News | March 21st 2022

A coal mining operation in Sparwood, B.C., is shown on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016. File photo by The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

Feds bow to industry, provincial lobbying and weaken proposed coal rules

"Environment Canada got pushback," said Bill Donahue, an environmental scientific consultant and former head of monitoring for the Alberta government. "It dramatically reduced the proposed standards in terms of their stringency."

By Bob Weber | News, Politics | February 14th 2022

A school bus driver tries to clear snow as a winter storm causes the closure of schools in Toronto on Monday, January 17, 2022. File photo by The Canadian Press/Frank Gunn

Huge blizzard closes some Ontario schools, snarls transportation

A winter storm of rare proportions blanketed much of southern Ontario with heavy snow on Monday, January 17, 2022, causing widespread school closures and travel disruptions, leaving some stuck on a major highway for hours on end.

By Paola Loriggio | News | January 18th 2022

A woman bundled up for the cold weather walks up a snow-covered street after 21 centimetres of snow fell overnight, in Vancouver, on Thursday, December 30, 2021. File photo by The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

B.C. braces for more snow, extreme cold

Environment Canada is advising British Columbia residents to be prepared as extreme cold is expected to return to northeastern B.C. overnight.

By The Canadian Press | News | January 4th 2022

Greater Victoria, Willow's beach, Victoria,

Arctic outflow, snow and sleet on the way for parts of B.C.

Cold and winter storm warnings have been posted throughout many parts of B.C.

By The Canadian Press | News | December 21st 2021

Canada's coastal towns will need help from Ottawa as seas rise

For Darlene Norman, being a municipal leader faced with what the author of a new study sees as Ottawa's piecemeal approach to climate-related flooding feels like drowning in ever-rising seas.

Race to a Safer World

By Michael Tutton | News, Politics | December 13th 2021

As B.C. storms subside, a massive cleanup looms

The successive storms that brutalized southern British Columbia with floods and slides caused by record amounts of rainfall were declared over on Thursday, December 2, 2021, but now the cleanup and costly rebuild lie ahead, says the public safety minister.

By Dirk Meissner | News, Politics | December 3rd 2021

COVID found in three Quebec deer

For the first time, the COVID-19 virus has been detected in Canadian wildlife.

Coronavirus in Canada

By The Canadian Press | News | December 2nd 2021

A truck gets swallowed up by rising flood waters from the United States as waters cross the border into Abbotsford, B.C., on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. Photo by The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward

Third atmospheric river about to pummel B.C.

British Columbia is bracing for more rain after mudslides and flooding caused devastation in parts of the province.

Coronavirus in Canada

By The Canadian Press | News | November 30th 2021

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