Advance polls in a historic federal byelection for Alberta's Battle River-Crowfoot open today. For the first time ever, Elections Canada says voters must fill out a blank ballot. The agency lists a ...

Tim Houston is trying to prevent the sort of wildfires that caused death and destruction in his province just two years ago. To some people, though, he's just an agent of creeping climate extremism ...

A massive wildfire on Monday was threatening hundreds of homes in central California after injuring at least three people as it tore through Los Padres National Forest.

The Ford government is facing backlash from advocates and water experts over proposed changes to Ontario’s Water Resources Act that would remove key oversight and public input from the province’s ...

The world is on the brink of a breakthrough in the climate fight and fossil fuels are running out of road, the UN chief said on Tuesday, as he urged countries to funnel support into low-carbon energy.

Canada’s first commercial carbon capture cement facility is now under construction in Mississauga Ont., backed by $10 million in federal funding. The project is part of the country’s effort to reduce ...

Environment Canada has issued heat warnings for a swath of British Columbia's Interior stretching from Grand Forks near the US border to areas north of Prince George. The weather agency says the heat ...

Thermal energy is in the soil and rock beneath our streets and buildings and in the wastewater that flows through our sewer lines. It’s abundant, local and emission-free.

British Columbians are being urged to stay away from coastal areas that remain under a tsunami advisory, after one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded triggered warnings and alerts around ...

British Columbia's minister of forests says there were reports of ash falling from the sky last night in Lytton as fire crews battle a wildfire near the community that was devastated by a separate ...

Police are helping firefighters from several local departments evacuate residents from about 400 properties in the Peachland, BC, area due to a fast-moving wildfire.

Adrienne Tanner is Canada's National Observer's columnist-at-large and former editor-in- chief. For three years, she was the guiding light behind our daily news reporting, signature investigations and ...