Tag Archives: Environment

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would not rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, as he declared U.S. control of ...

TORONTO - Ontario is introducing two new energy efficiency programs, including one offering rebates for certain home improvements. The Home Renovation Savings Program, launching Jan. 28, will rebate h...

VANCOUVER - A study into the behaviour of a sea sponge off the coast of British Columbia has revealed the animals have the humanlike ability to sneeze. Researcher Sally Leys said her team examined foo...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday he will resign as prime minister and Liberal leader once the party chooses a successor. Trudeau, who was first elected Oct. 19, 2015, steps down...

GAMBO, N.L. - A community on the northeast coast of Newfoundland is under a state of emergency after a weekend storm damaged homes and washed away part of a street. Rick Ralph, a lifelong resident of ...

MONTREAL - Ten years ago, Jean-Franois Lise predicted that Quebec's independence movement would be reborn. "It could rise again given the right circumstances," he said in 2015. "What could trigger it,...

WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government says it has been told there is a "potential leak" in a containment pond holding toxic water at the Eagle Gold mine, where millions of tonnes of contaminated rock were...

It takes years to rebuild a whale. Just ask Jim Borrowman, co-founder of the Whale Interpretive Centre museum that housed numerous whale skeletons on the boardwalk of Telegraph Cove on Vancouver Islan...

The Biden administration released long-awaited final rules Friday for a tax credit that will send billions of dollars to producers of cleaner hydrogen. The new rules drew cautious praise from environm...

Infectious disease experts say the avian flu case that infected a 13-year-old in British Columbia shows "worrisome" signs that the virus could be mutating to more easily infect humans, but that the tr...