Wednesday, 23 April 2025

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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.

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...

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...

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: The logo of Asahi Kasei Corporation is displayed at an entrance of the company's Tokyo headquarters in Tokyo, Japan October 9, 2019. Picture taken October 9, 2019.  REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
BusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)News

Asahi Kasei to build EV battery component plant in Canada to supply Honda, Nikkei reports

TOKYO – Asahi Kasei plans to spend about 200 billion yen ($1.3 billion) to build a battery component factory in Canada, the Nikkei...

FILE PHOTO: A view of Cobre Panama mine of Canadian First Quantum Minerals, one of the world's largest open-pit copper mines, during a media tour, in Donoso, Panama, January 11, 2024. REUTERS/Tarina Rodriguez/File Photo
BusinessMiningNews

First Quantum Minerals cuts debt by over $1 billion in first quarter

The Canadian miner had announced a series of capital restructuring measures that would strengthen its balance sheet and cut debt.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland holds a press conference prior to tabling the Federal Budget in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Freeland says the $5-billion announced for an Indigenous loan guarantee program in last week's budget is just a start. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
BusinessEconomyElectricityFuelIndigenousInfrastructureNewsPolitics

Canada’s finance minister: $5B just a start for Indigenous loan guarantee program

The $5-billion announced for an Indigenous loan guarantee program in Canada's 2024 budget is just a start: Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland

BusinessNewsOilTransmission

Trans Mountain expects first ship to load from expanded pipeline in second half of May

The expanded pipeline will carry an extra 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil from Alberta to Canada's Pacific coast and is set...

Industrial gas manufacturer Air Products and Chemicals says it plans to build a network of hydrogen refueling stations across Canada.
BusinessHydrogenInfrastructureNews

Air Products plans network of hydrogen refueling stations in Canada

Industrial gas manufacturer Air Products and Chemicals says it plans to build a network of hydrogen refueling stations across Canada.

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