Federal greener homes program offers no-cost retrofits

Manitoba homeowners and renters will be the first to benefit from a new federal program to reduce — and for some, eliminate — the cost of energy retrofits.  Federal Minister of Environment... Read more »

Catherine McKenna details harassment endured as environment minister in new memoir

Open this photo in gallery: Catherine McKenna was the environment minister and minister of infrastructure while the Liberal MP for Ottawa Centre from 2015 to 2021.Justin Tang/The Canadian Press Former environment minister... Read more »

Trump calls on all NATO countries to stop buying Russian oil, threatens 50% to 100% tariffs on China

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday he believes the Russia-Ukraine war would end if all NATO countries stopped buying oil from Russia and placed tariffs on China of... Read more »

Oscar-nominated actor broke down stereotypes and blazed a trail for Indigenous performers

Open this photo in gallery: Graham Greene attends the unveiling of his Canada’s Walk of Fame 2021 commemorative plaque for Arts & Entertainment at Beanfield Centre, Exhibition Place in December, 2022, in... Read more »

Northern Manitoba wildfire evacuees’ return delayed because of mould, rotting food in homes

Open this photo in gallery: A helicopter crew works on a wildfire as another is shown flying by during a helicopter tour in Northern Manitoba near Flin Flon, on June 12.Mike Deal/The... Read more »

U of T professor placed on leave after online post about Charlie Kirk shooting

Open this photo in gallery: The University of Toronto’s media-relations office said the institution acted on its own immediately once it learned of the faculty member’s comments.Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press A University... Read more »

Walbran Valley logging blockade escalates with injunction

A B.C. Supreme Court justice has ordered a group of people blocking a logging road in the Walbran Valley on southern Vancouver Island to stop. The decision to grant an injunction to... Read more »

Glynnis Hood wants to change your mind about beavers

Consider the beaver. Iconic Canadian rodent. National symbol of industriousness and resourcefulness. Sometimes a nuisance. Cute, furry and cutting a fine figure on our nickels since 1937.  For author Glynnis Hood, beavers... Read more »

Ontario can’t afford to plug its old gas wells

A new park. That’s what the small town of Wheatley, Ont., is building on the large empty lot at the centre of its downtown core. Announced at a community party in June,... Read more »

Bewildered and ‘in horror,’ Toronto man fights fake news that he shot U.S. influencer Charlie Kirk

Michael Mallinson had never met Charlie Kirk, nor had he ever heard the name of the American right-wing commentator who was shot dead in broad daylight at a Utah college event on... Read more »