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Large study shows caribou herds in Alberta, B.C., growing from wolf culls, cow pens

Fresh research suggests western Canada's once-dwindling caribou numbers are finally growing.

By The Canadian Press | News | April 23rd 2024

Justin Trudeau's poll numbers just keep getting worse — and it's even worse under the hood. Can a new communications director turn things around? File photo by Alex Tétreault

Trudeau has found a way to get Saskatchewan folks their carbon rebates

"We’re going to continue to deliver the Canada carbon rebate to families right across to Saskatchewan despite the fact that Premier Moe is not sending that money to Ottawa right now," the PM told reporters at a news conference.

By Kelly Geraldine Malone | News, Politics | April 23rd 2024

Workers scoop paddy rice into the mouth of a vacuum tube on a boat for processing at Hoang Minh Nhat, a rice export company in Can Tho, Vietnam, on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

In Vietnam, farmers find an emissions-friendlier way to grow rice

There is one thing that distinguishes 60-year-old Vo Van Van’s rice fields from a mosaic of thousands of other emerald fields across Long An province in southern Vietnam’s Mekong Delta: It isn’t entirely flooded.

By Aniruddha Ghosal | News | April 23rd 2024

A doctor wears a lab coat and stethoscope in an exam room at a health clinic in Calgary, Alta., on Friday, July 14, 2023. File photo by The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

Physicians say capital gains tax shift will upset retirement savings

Kathleen Ross, the association's president, says many doctors incorporate their medical practices and invest for retirement inside their corporations.

By Nojoud Al Mallees | News, Politics | April 23rd 2024

Premier David Eby speaks during an event to recognize the Haida Nation's Aboriginal title throughout Haida Gwaii, in the the Hall of Honour in the legislature, in Victoria, on April 22, 2024. Photo by The Canadian Press/Chad Hipolito

Haida make history as law recognizing title introduced in B.C.

The B.C. government says legislation formally recognizing the Haida Nation's Aboriginal title over the archipelago of Haida Gwaii was introduced in the legislature on Monday.

By The Canadian Press | News, Politics | April 23rd 2024

Tracking plastics for life: New registry announced by feds

The federal government announced a new registry to track plastic production to set the tone as negotiations on a Global Plastics Treaty kick off on April 23 in Ottawa.

By Natasha Bulowski | News, Politics, Ottawa Insider | April 23rd 2024

Workers sort out plastic bottles for recycling in a factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh in October 2016. Photo by Abir Abdullah / Climate Visuals Countdown (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

The grand global challenge to rein in plastic pollution

Representatives from around the world are in Ottawa to negotiate a legally binding treaty to eliminate plastic pollution by 2040. But after a previous meeting went off the rails, pressure is now on delegates to make up for lost time in what promises to be one of the most important environmental weeks of the year.

Negotiating survival

By John Woodside | News, Politics | April 23rd 2024

This alarming book is a must-read for every world leader

Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen’s timely new book, Nuclear War: A Scenario, is a lightning-fast read intended to put the nuclear threat squarely back on everyone’s radar.

By Michael Mechanic | News | April 23rd 2024

A lake of meltwater has formed on the tongue of the Rhone Glacier near Goms, Switzerland, on June 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Europe is the fastest-warming continent, report says

Europe is the fastest-warming continent and its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global average, two top climate monitoring organizations reported on Monday, warning of the consequences for human health, glacier melt and economic activity.

By Jamey Keaten | News | April 22nd 2024

A road worker stops to take a drink of water in Madrid, Spain, on Monday, July 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Paul White, File)

UN labour agency report warns of rising threat of excess heat, climate change on world's workers

The agency warned on Monday that over 70 per cent of the world's workforce is likely to be exposed to excessive heat during their careers. It also warned of air pollution, pesticides and other hazards that could lead to health problems including cancer.

By Jamey Keaten | News | April 22nd 2024

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