Revised plan for Elk Valley coal expansion submitted

In the midst of an international inquiry into transboundary water pollution from southeast B.C. coal mines, Elk Valley Resources has submitted a revised proposal for new mining in the region. Teck Resources,... Read more »

Canada pushing to include Indigenous rights in United Nations plastics treaty

OTTAWA — Canada is pushing to bring language recognizing the rights of Indigenous Peoples back into a United Nations plastics pollution treaty. Delegates from more than 170 countries are in Geneva this... Read more »

Eglinton Crosstown LRT vehicle ‘availability and reliability’ latest issue to face line before launch

The head of Metrolinx says getting the slowly aging Eglinton Crosstown LRT vehicles available and reliable for all-day service is the latest issue facing crews as the work to launch the beleaguered... Read more »

Advocates fear Haitian nationals intercepted in Quebec could face deportation if they are returned to U.S.

Open this photo in gallery: The Canada Border Services Agency says it arrested and charged three alleged smugglers after police intercepted a truck carrying 44 Haitian nationals in Stanstead, Que.Evan Buhler/Reuters Canadian... Read more »

How Victoria Mboko must navigate life changes in midst of National Bank Open semifinal run

After Victoria Mboko practised, signed autographs and took selfies with some early-arriving fans ahead of Tuesday’s quarterfinal session, four security guards circled around the rising Canadian star for the walk back to... Read more »

Prime Minister Mark Carney announces support measures for softwood lumber industry

KELOWNA — The federal government is setting up a safety net of loans, product-development grants and market diversification plans for Canada’s softwood lumber industry in an effort to shield it from the... Read more »

Hiking this Vancouver Island park was my chance to step back into history

In the summer of 1910, 20-year-old Myra Ellison sent a letter home to her mother from the shores of Campbell Lake on Vancouver Island, where she was surrounded by a wilderness of... Read more »

Lake Superior has algae blooms, too

The glassy waters of Hazelwood Lake, in northern Ontario, shatter as a plankton net crashes through the surface. Nathan Wilson, a doctoral candidate with Lakehead University’s environmental and biotechnology program, is attempting... Read more »

Japan’s aging atomic bomb survivors speak out against nuclear weapons

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Eighty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many of the remaining Japanese survivors are increasingly frustrated by growing nuclear threats and the acceptance of nuclear... Read more »

Montreal’s rat problem worsens despite city’s promise to tackle it

Open this photo in gallery: A rat crosses Montreal resident James Klein’s property. Klein says the rats outside his home have stopped him from eating outside all summer.James Klein/The Canadian Press The... Read more »