Starting today, July 1, 2019, the federal carbon levy will be applied in Yukon and Nunavut, while the Northwest Territories is set to implement its own price on carbon in September.
A pair of controversial environmental bills scaled their final hurdle in the Senate on Thursday, June 20, 2019, over the objections of critics who warn the two pieces of legislation will kneecap Canada's oil industry and fuel separatist sentiment in Alberta.
Officials say wildfire evacuees in northwestern Alberta should not expect to return until at least next week and that provincial emergency funds for gas, food and other expenses should be available by Monday, May 27, 2019.
A Norwegian company with millions of dollars invested in the Canadian North is weeks away from losing a major contract in the emerging space satellite industry because of a lengthy government delay.
The Canadian government, two territories and several First Nations are expressing concerns to the United States over plans to open the calving grounds of a large cross-border caribou herd to energy drilling, despite international agreements to protect it.
Tthe impact is clear on the sanctuary’s 2,000 to 3,000 bison — Canada’s last herd of genetically pure, tuberculosis−free wood bison, considered a species at risk.
After 15 years, the Indigenous-led conservation and land management plan for the Northwest Territories’ southern Mackenzie River Valley could become a reality.
On a cool wet morning in Tuktoyaktuk, I rode with the polar bear hunter. It was tied to what was about to happen to the town, and how it would open up the place to visitors.