Tag Archives: Environment

OTTAWA - Online harms now constitute the top threat facing children in Canada, ahead of bullying, poverty and child abuse, Children First Canada said Tuesday in a new report. It is the first time onli...

BADDECK - Schools and government offices in parts of Cape Breton are closed after torrential rains destroyed roads and triggered a local state of emergency over the weekend. A slow-moving storm dumped...

VANCOUVER - When Coast Salish artist Atheana Picha ran a gloved hand through the thick white pelt of an extinct woolly dog that has returned to British Columbia for the first time in more than 160 yea...

A Canadian tourist is reported to be in good health after his yacht was found by Australian rescuers partially submerged in a remote part of the Indian Ocean. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority,...

SQUAMISH - Athletics Canada says one of its members went missing while attempting to break a mountain-running record in the Alps along the Switzerland-Italy border. The national sport governing body s...

OTTAWA - The impacts of climate change in Canada are now largely irreversible and average temperatures are expected to rise by at least 3.5 C by the end of the century, a new government report warns. ...

Slender, agile cheetahs that roamed the Yukon 30,000 years ago were not technically cheetahs at all, but relatives of the puma that adapted to mostly eat fish instead of antelopes in a harsh northern ...

Albertans purchasing new solar panels next month will face a hefty fee for recycling them. Environment Minister Grant Hunter announced Thursday a ban on landfill disposal for the panels and the $14 re...

MONTRAL - Hundreds of Quebecers are occupying hospital beds while waiting for a spot in a long-term care facility, and the number is on the rise, reveals data released by Sant Qubec through an access ...

Construction is underway on a major electricity transmission project in northern British Columbia that the federal and provincial governments say will inject billions into the provincial economy, driv...