Sarah Mills: King Charles declares it - Harry is out
King Charles has reiterated that Prince Harry and wife Megan are not working royals, but private citizens carrying out c...
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Botanists are scouring the US-Mexico border to document a forgotten ecosystem split by a giant wall
JACUM, Mxico (AP) - Near the towering border wall flanked by a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle, botanist Sula Vanderplank heard a quail in the scrub yelp "chi-ca-go," a sound the birds use to signal they a...
May 18, 2024
Rain helps crews in Fort McMurray while B.C. cracks down on open burning
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Wildfire crews have reported no further growth in the wildfire that continues to burn southwest of Fort McMurray. Alberta Wildfire reports the lack of growth allowed crews to ke...
May 18, 2024
Doctors, patients want options to reduce dialysis waste adding to climate change
VANCOUVER - Francis Silva watches the blood flow through a straw-like tube in his left arm to a dialysis machine where it's cleaned of toxins and returned to his body through a second tube. The 60-yea...
May 18, 2024
Dialysis is crucial for kidney patients. It also generates a lot of waste.
Dialysis is one of the most resource-intensive therapies but patients with kidney failure have no other option, except for a kidney transplant. Nephrologists are trying to quantify the waste as they a...
May 18, 2024
Doctors recommend ways to combat waste, pollutants in health-care
Health-care professionals are joining forcesto cut down on waste including single-use plastics, surgical gloves and syringes where possible. Many have provided recommendations to the advocacy group Ch...
May 17, 2024
Health professionals take climate action to care for patients and the planet
From new plant-leaning hospital menus tofewer surgical gloves and single-use syringes, health-care professionals are finding ways to combat waste and pollutants. Dr. Wendy Levinson,chair of the eco-ad...
May 17, 2024
Bank chief executives summoned to House of Commons environment committee
OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee has summoned Canada's big five bank CEOs to talk about the environmental and climate impacts of the financial system. The House of Commons environment committee has ...
May 17, 2024
The latest news on wildfires in Canada as thousands forced from homes in the West
Wildfires have forced thousands out of several communities in Western Canada. Roughly 6,600 residents have been told to leave their homes in Fort McMurray, Alta., while the rest of the city remains on...
May 17, 2024
Relief greets federal order to fix benzene leaks after plastics plant pollution
OTTAWA - Feelings of hope and relief flooded Aamjiwnaang First Nation in Sarnia, Ont., on Friday after the federal government moved to enforce tougher air quality standards at a styrene plant that has...
May 17, 2024
B.C. mayor warns against videos of properties destroyed by fire outside Fort Nelson
FORT NELSON, B.C. - The mayor of a northeast British Columbia community threatened by wildfires is warning people who stayed behind in the evacuation zone to stay on their properties and not share ima...
May 17, 2024
OPINION
Evan Bray: Canadians deserve more than vague explanations over poor trade results
Canadians elected Prime Minister Mark Carney to office to handle trade tensions between Canada and the U.S. Evan Bray sa...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, September 10
On Thursday's show, Evan talks about counter-tariffs with Vassy Kapelos. Plus, how will the U.S. midterm elections impac...