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'The continuous battle' to defeat one of the worst invasive species follows a devastating diesel spill

A decade after the tugboat Nathan E. Stewart ran aground and spilled diesel into Heiltsuk clam harvesting areas, Indigenous ...
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Équiterre calls for an end to Quebec’s honeymoon with Mark Carney

Its new executive director, Daniel Rotman, believes Quebecers soured on the prime minister after Steven Guilbeault’s ...
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No boots on the ground from province after Niagara region floods — except Ford’s

St. Catharines and Lincoln have declared states of emergency following severe flooding events, but provincial assistance hasn ...
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Quebec gets a reprieve in its wildfire fight

A water bomber picks up water on Okanagan Lake while fighting the Bradley Creek wildfire burning near the Okanagan Indian ...
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Evacuations expand south on Okanagan Lake, as more Mexican fire crews arrive in BC

The wildfire evacuation zone along the shores of Okanagan Lake in British Columbia's Interior expanded south on Thursday, ...
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'Mark Carney manipulated you': Équiterre launches campaign targeting prime minister

Messages were projected onto buildings in Montreal to denounce what the group calls "environmental rollbacks." ...
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Another flood-hit Ontario community declares state of emergency after heavy rain

The township of Southwold, just south of London, says it made the declaration Friday morning, becoming at least the third ...
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Ring of Fire supply road faces its first legal challenge

Ontario’s Ring of Fire is facing its first court challenge by a group trying to overturn the federal environment minister’s ...
Canada's National Observer

The world’s rarest great ape is worse off than we thought

A pair of new studies suggest fewer than 700 Tapanuli orangutans remain after a cyclone tore through Indonesia last year.
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Woman dead in a BC wildfire as grim video reveals village in ruins

The wildfire raging near Okanagan Lake in British Columbia's southern Interior claimed the life of an 80-year-old woman as ...
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Accusations and innuendo outrun the BC flames

On Monday afternoon, Penticton RCMP said in a statement online accusations the Bald Range wildfire are "misinformation" and ...
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Caitlin Dewey

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