Canada

Methane emissions underestimated, a growing number of reports suggest

As the federal government moves to tighten regulations on methane emissions, new assessments suggest the amount of the potent greenhouse gas escaping into the atmosphere has been significantly underes...

Nov 14, 2022

B.C. flood recovery tempered by fears of new climate disasters looming on horizon

VICTORIA - When a dike was breached and floodwaters started to flow across British Columbia's Sumas Prairie a year ago, poultry farmer Corry Spitters said all he could do was let nature take its cours...

Nov 14, 2022

Trudeau arrives in Indonesia for G20 summit with aim of further isolating Russia

DENPASAR, Indonesia - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived in Bali, Indonesia today for the G20 leaders' summit. His plane left Cambodia an hour and a half late, which his office says is due to i...

Nov 13, 2022

Environmental group takes federal government to court over piping plover habitat

Environmental advocates are taking the federal government to court over new rules to protect the habitat of an endangered shorebird species known as the piping plover. Ecojustice Canada, representing ...

Nov 13, 2022

Policing in flux across B.C., as political pledges prove complex to implement

SURREY, B.C. - When Novi Jette left her job with the Vancouver Police Department to join the new Surrey Police Service, she knew she was taking a risk but felt she'd done her homework. Jette resigned ...

Nov 13, 2022

Trudeau pledges $1 million for clearing landmines, cluster bombs in Cambodia, Laos

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is announcing nearly $1 million to help remove unexploded landmines and cluster bombs from Southeast Asia. He made the $990,000 pledge at an event ...

Nov 13, 2022

Joly won't meet her Russian counterpart, but is open to working with China

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Canada's foreign affairs minister says she won't meet with her Russian counterpart when the two cross paths at international summits in the coming days. Mlanie Joly says she is ...

Nov 12, 2022

Voting begins for Green leadership as candidates look to revitalize embattled party

OTTAWA - After a disappointing federal election result last year, a series of public scandals over internal conflicts and continued a downward trend in fundraising, the federal Green Party is getting ...

Nov 12, 2022

Six people vying for leadership of Green Party as voting starts Saturday

OTTAWA - Around 22,000 people will be able to start voting Saturday for the next leader of the Green Party of Canada, with the winner set to be announced Nov. 19. The Greens are the fifth-largest fede...

Nov 12, 2022

Remnants of hurricane Nicole bring heavy rain to southern Quebec and Atlantic region

MONTREAL - The remnants of hurricane Nicole are bringing heavy rainfall to much of southern Quebec and Atlantic Canada. Environment Canada said Friday that Nicole would merge overnight with a cold fro...

Nov 12, 2022