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Inside the Ring of Fire: A tale of two First Nations and a road that could change everything
WEBEQUIE AND NESKANTAGA FIRST NATIONS - This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. - I. THE WARNING The ancestors knew. First Nation elders understood the south would march north eventually. The...
Dec 10, 2025
Why northern First Nations still rely on diesel fuel — and what could power the coveted Ring of Fire
NESKANTAGA FIRST NATION - This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. - The fumes coming through the walls of Neskantaga First Nation's nursing station warned of a crisis with a familiar smell. D...
Dec 10, 2025
Quebec tables bill to help speed up major projects, mirroring Ottawa, other provinces
QUBEC - Quebec tabled its own bill Tuesday to expedite large-scale projects in the province, one that would allow the province to amend some 30 laws to allow the realization of projects deemed of nati...
Dec 09, 2025
CP NewsAlert: Singer Corb Lund gets OK to launch anti-coal petition drive in Alberta
EDMONTON - Elections Alberta has approved a bid by country music singer Corb Lund to start collecting signatures for a petition to ask the province to pass a law banning new coal mining on the eastern...
Dec 08, 2025
Quebec announces plan to cut environmental assessment times in half
MONTREAL - Quebec's will reduce the amount of time it takes to complete an environmental assessment by about half in order to speed up major projects such as mines and energy sector development, Envir...
Dec 08, 2025
Advocates say proposed Regina road extension threatens environmentally sensitive area
A group of southeast Regina residents is trying to halt a long-term plan aimed at improving traffic in the area. The Wascana View Action Group says a road extension that would connect Wascana Parkway ...
Dec 08, 2025
Document reveals approval to harvest remnant old-growth in B.C.'s northwest
British Columbia's logging agency has changed a policy that conserved remnant old-growth forest in the province's northwest, with a government briefing note showing a plan to open those areas for harv...
Dec 07, 2025
Search for grizzly behind 'extraordinary attack' on B.C. school group is called off
By Ashley Joannou Conservation officers in British Columbia are no longer actively trying to capture the grizzly bear responsible for last month's "extraordinary attack" on a group of schoolchildren a...
Dec 06, 2025 A sign warning of a bear in the area is shown in Squamish, B.C., Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amy Smart)
Yukon Energy ordered to come up with risk plan for deteriorating dam spillway
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government says it will need to spend more than $150 million to replace an aging dam spillway. A statement from the government says engineers have confirmed that temporary repai...
Dec 05, 2025
Net-zero advisory body members say Ottawa risks more resignations
OTTAWA - The four remaining members of Canada's independent net-zero advisory body are calling on Ottawa to change how the group functions, and two of them say it risks more resignations if things don...
Dec 05, 2025
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