Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Fact File: 'Spam' videos use actors to spread false Canadian political news
The prospect of an Alberta sovereignty referendum triggered a wave of clickbait stories on video-sharing sites earlier this year. But in a development that one expert calls "troubling," content farms ...
Nov 12, 2025
Quebec should strengthen climate targets despite rollback in the U.S., says committee
MONTREAL - An expert committee says Quebec needs to maintain its ambition to address climate change despite a U.S. government that disputes climate science. Quebec's advisory committee on climate chan...
Nov 11, 2025
Greenwashing rules to be scaled back, but scope of change remains unclear
TORONTO - Canada's greenwashing rules are being scaled back, but it remains to be seen what the changes mean for businesses wanting to talk about their environmental record. In the federal budget rele...
Nov 11, 2025
Heavy November snowfall knocks out power, closes schools in Quebec
MONTREAL - Quebecers woke up Tuesday to a blast of early winter weather, as heavy snow knocked down trees, forced school closures and created hazardous road conditions. About 375,000 Quebec homes and ...
Nov 11, 2025
DFO investigating third whale death off B.C.'s coast within weeks
VICTORIA - An advocate for whales says many collisions between vessels and the animals are likely undetected or unreported as Fisheries Department investigates another death of a humpback whale off B....
Nov 10, 2025
B.C. police investigate vandalism at CFIA office, drone footage over ostrich pen
SURREY - Mounties in British Columbia have set off separate investigations that may be connected to the cull of hundreds of ostriches last week. Police said Monday that they are looking into a report ...
Nov 10, 2025
Next batch of national interest major projects to be released Thursday, Carney says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says the next tranche of projects the government is referring to the Major Projects Office for review will be announced Thursday. Carney revealed the timing while t...
Nov 10, 2025
Worker taking polar bear photos before he was killed in Nunavut
by Rob Drinkwater Christopher Best told his family not to worry about the pictures of polar bears he was snapping and posting on social media as he worked at a radar site in Nunavut. "Chris said, 'Wel...
Nov 09, 2025 A polar bear is seen near a North Warning System radar installation on Brevoort Island in Nunavut, in this handout photo taken by Christopher Best on Aug. 7, 2024. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Christopher Best)
Animal sanctuary staff in Summerland, B.C., 'devastated' by avian flu case
VICTORIA - An animal sanctuary in B.C.'s interior says it is facing a "heartbreaking" experience after discovering a positive case of H5N1, also known as avian flu. Critteraid, based in Summerland B.C...
Nov 09, 2025
COP30 primer: Here's what to know about the annual UN climate talks and Canada's role
Canadian climate negotiators are headed to Brazil for the next two weeks as leaders gather for annual United Nations climate talks. The talks come as Prime Minister Mark Carney, whose credentials as a...
Nov 09, 2025
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