BROSSARD, Que.—Big Plastic is laying down the legal gauntlet against a Montreal suburb that is looking at banning plastic bags later this year. The Canadian Plastic...
WINNIPEG—A pre-election Manitoba government advertising campaign touting the province’s environmental job numbers is erroneous, it turns out—an apparent victim of a mathematical error. The ad, which...
VANCOUVER—Canada’s environmental review body says greenhouse gas emissions from a proposed liquefied natural gas facility on British Columbia’s north coast pose a significant ecological threat. The...
CALGARY—The oilpatch often laments that the decision-making process for pipelines has become too political, but Canada’s natural resources minister didn’t shy away from that description when...
VANCOUVER—What struck Ulara Nakagawa when she first saw Japan’s oldest elephant was how she resembled a figurine in a “concrete prison.” “There was absolutely nothing else...
OTTAWA—The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Quebec’s Caisse de depot are among institutional investors seeking greater transparency from three of the world’s biggest mining conglomerates...
TORONTO—Energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in Canada will continue to grow over the next 24 years regardless of whether oil prices rise or pipeline projects...
EDMONTON—Alberta Environment Minister Shannon Phillips says that she stands behind any federal government plan that will bolster the chances of getting pipelines built. Phillips was responding...
VANCOUVER—British Columbia’s mines minister is clarifying his position on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s remarks about Canada’s natural-resource economy. Bill Bennett says the meaning behind his comment...
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y.—New York officials are considering temporarily turning some of Niagara Falls into a trickle. Plans to replace two 115-year-old pedestrian bridges could involve shutting...