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Blue roofs could help reduce the flooding effects of big storms
Hello, Earthlings! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving us to a more...
‘It would give us closure’: Family struggles to get body of Windsor university student to India amid pandemic
As grief mounts during the pandemic, for those separated by geography, the struggle to bring home loved ones who have passed away abroad...
After 230-year fight, Caldwell First Nation has reserve status; begins to build a new community
Caldwell First Nation has finally achieved reserve status, ending a decade-long bureaucratic struggle that included environmental assessments and various approvals from both provincial and municipal...
Saskatchewan First Nation erects blockade after company enters territory without consent
A northern Saskatchewan First Nation blockaded a road and issued a cease-and-desist order against a Toronto uranium company. Birch Narrows Dene Nation officials...
Special Forces pulls new pistols from service after soldier injured in misfire
A member of Canada’s elite special forces counterterrorism unit was wounded last fall when a newly-purchased handgun, with a history of misfires and...
A year of coronavirus in Canada: A look back at what we’ve faced during the pandemic
It’s been a roller-coaster ride for many of us during Canada’s first year of the coronavirus pandemic from the first lockdown to the arrival...
RCMP end search for missing crew on Nova Scotia scallop dragger
More than a month after the crew of a scallop dragger from Nova Scotia disappeared on the Bay of Fundy, the RCMP are...
As families grieve, search continues for fishermen missing in Bay of Fundy
The search for five fishermen — and for clues about what happened to their missing scallop vessel in the Bay of Fundy —...
For Canada’s energy sector, a Joe Biden win would be just 1 more item on a long list of uncertainties
This week was the first time Tom Simons had travelled to the U.S. in eight months because of the pandemic, and he just happened...
Judge gives Six Nations members until Oct. 22 to leave occupied subdivision or not take part in hearing
An Ontario Superior Court judge has given the 1492 Land Back Lane camp until Oct. 22 to vacate land slated to become a...
Innu Nation suing for $4B over disruption to land and culture caused by Churchill Falls project
Saying their community’s culture and way of life was devastated by the construction of a hydroelectric project, the Innu Nation of Labrador is taking...
Federal government order supplies to give two doses of COVID-19 vaccine when it’s ready
The federal government is ordering more than 75 million syringes, alcohol swabs and bandages so it can inoculate Canadians as soon as a...
WorkSafeBC told to investigate allegation of ‘culturally unsafe’ workplace at City of Vancouver
WorkSafeBC, a government agency that oversees workers’ health and safety in the province, has been ordered to investigate an Indigenous woman’s claim that she...
RCMP watchdog’s misconduct reports caught in limbo, stalling their release
The RCMP continues to mull over a number of high-profile investigations completed by its watchdog body involving allegations of Mountie misbehaviour — ultimately stalling their release and raising...
Crews pulled overnight from Nova Scotia brush fire where 174 homes evacuated
All crews have been pulled from the site of a brush fire in the Porters Lake area of Nova Scotia Saturday night, but Halifax...
