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FILE PHOTO: The BYD logo is displayed on a vehicle in Bangkok, Thailand, March 25, 2024. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa/File Photo
AutomotiveBusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)News

China’s BYD seeks to redefine luxury for the EV generation

Beijing auto show will see BYD showcase premium cars as China's EV market gets ultra-competitive.

The clouds move among the old growth forest in the Fairy Creek logging area near Port Renfrew, B.C. Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. The Green Party is decrying a 60-day sentence handed to its deputy leader today for her role in old growth logging protests on Vancouver Island. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
ClimateEnvironmentNewsPolitics

Canada’s Green deputy sentenced to jail for logging protests

Green Party issues statement of solidarity after Angela Davidson arrested for protesting the logging of old-growth trees at Fairy Creek.

FILE PHOTO: People visit a Ford booth at the Auto Shanghai show, in Shanghai, China April 18, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
AutomotiveBusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)News

Ford’s first-quarter adjusted profit falls, sees increase in hybrid vehicle sales

Ford CEO Jim Farley says he has walked back some of the company’s EV ambitions to better match consumer demand. Hybrids are a...

Peguis First Nation is shown with surrounded with Fisher River flood water north of Winnipeg, Sunday, May 15, 2022. A Manitoba First Nation that has suffered from chronic flooding is suing three levels of government. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
CourtsEnvironmentIndigenousNewsPoliticsWeather

Peguis First Nation in Canada sues governments over chronic flooding

Peguis First Nation has filed a statement of claim that alleges the Canadian and Manitoba governments have failed to protect the community from...

A view shows a campsite set up in a field for evacuees, after an evacuation order was declared due to the proximity of a wildfire in Yellowknife, outside of High Level, Alberta, Canada August 18, 2023.  REUTERS/Pat Kane/File Photo
ClimateNewsWeather

Canada’s Alberta province warns of critical time for wildfire risk as evacuations start

The 2024 wildfire season in Alberta has started earlier than usual due to ongoing drought, with officials warning the western Canadian province is...

People stand at the edge of floodwater near abandoned vehicles, following a major rain event in Halifax on Saturday, July 22, 2023. In the wake of last summer's deadly floods, heat waves and record-breaking wildfires, some scientists are urging health professionals to take an active role in helping their patients better prepare for ongoing natural disasters. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
ClimateNewsResiliencyWeather

Canadian health-care professionals urged to share climate disaster mitigation info

Some scientists are urging Canadian health professionals to take an active role in helping their patients better prepare for extreme weather.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a press conference in Oakville, Ont. on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burs
EconomyEmissionsNewsPolitics

Canada’s PM to Saskatchewan premier: Don’t pick fight with revenue agency

The Saskatchewan premier has pledged his province will not send Ottawa the money it collects from the federal carbon price on natural gas...

A person walks past a public art installation outside a United Nations conference on plastics on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
EnvironmentIndigenousNewsPoliticsUnited Nations

First Nations in Canada say they must not be left out of global plastic treaty talks

First Nations have one message for delegates gathered in Ottawa this week to negotiate a global plastic waste agreement: don't leave us out. 

FILE PHOTO: A European Union flag flutters outside the EU Commission headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium, February 1, 2023 REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
EconomyNewsOilPoliticsTrade

EU’s proposed sanctions on Russia to target oil tankers, ships moving North Korean equipment: sources

The European Commission is expected to propose sanctions on ships delivering North Korean military equipment to Russia as well as tankers that flout...

Hungary fuel price cap: An employee holds a gas pump to refill a car at a petrol station in Budapest January 11, 2012. REUTERS/Bernaadett Szabo/File Photo
BusinessEconomyFinanceFuelNewsPoliticsUtilities

Hungary gives fuel traders two weeks to match regional average prices

Hungary's government scrapped a fuel price cap in December 2022 after a lack of imports and panic buying led to fuel shortages, but...

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