4 d. ago Toronto Climate Week launches in effort to grow Canadian clean tech hub

TORONTO — A new climate conference is kicking off in Toronto that’s aiming to highlighting Canada’s clean tech and climate innovation sectors. Toronto Climate Week comes on the heels of Climate Week NYC, which bills itself as the largest climate gathering outside of the United Nations climate conference. Becky Park-Romanovsky, founder and executive director of […]

Society

5 d. ago Imperial announces restructuring to further advance its well

Leverages technology and global capability centres to deliver increased value Capitalizes on unique competitive advantage provided by access to major shareholder’s technology and global capability centres Drives long-term revenue growth and productivity of Imperial’s long-life advantaged assets Committed to meet or beat previously announced production and cost targets Expected annual expense savings of $150 million […]

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7 d. ago Tariff support, focus on investment on business leaders’ federal budget wish lists

Business leaders have a wide-ranging wish list for the upcoming federal budget in the hopes Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government addresses everything from the country’s investment environment to tax relief and improved access to capital. While Canada’s industrialists note that the government will have to make trade-offs with what it can fund, some say support […]

Economics

8 d. ago B.C. climate news: Report finds Canada's 2030 emissions targets out of reach | New B.C. Green party leader elected | Hundreds of houses evacuated because of wildfire in Peachland

Here's all the latest local and international news concerning climate change for the week of Sept. 22 to Sept. 28, 2025.

Events

9 d. ago Toronto bar shuts down permanently after decades in business

A Toronto restaurant that's been a neighbourhood favourite for decades has officially closed permanently due to development.Death, taxes, and your favourite restaurant shutting down. These are truths we must all come to accept one day or another, and Toronto's had a particularly rough go in the "restaurants closing" department as of late.While over the past several months, the city has welcomed a number of exciting (and tasty) new concepts, we've also had to say goodbye to more than a few longstanding institutions.We hate to be the bearers of bad news, but we're about to add yet another closure to that list.As of Aug. 31, Davisville Village staple Kramer's Bar & Grill has officially entered the deadpool.Located at the intersection of Yonge and Davisville, the bar, on first glance, was nothing entirely special; just your typical neighbourhood sports bar, serving pints and wings on occasionally sticky tabletops.It was the community...

Economics

1 week ago Letters to the editor, Sept. 23, 2025: ‘We are going to ship housing components down the QE2?’

Climate change nonsense The climate change industrial complex is a trillion-dollar industry. For green net-zero advocates like PM Mark Carney, he has to keep up the manufactured climate change crisis narrative. Canada is committing economic suicide over a theory that has its end-of-the-world apocalypse so far down the road by the time it comes to […]

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1 week ago Letters, Sept. 23, 2025: ‘We are going to ship housing components down the QE2?’

Climate change nonsense The climate change industrial complex is a trillion-dollar industry. For green net-zero advocates like PM Mark Carney, he has to keep up the manufactured climate change crisis narrative. Canada is committing economic suicide over a theory that has its end-of-the-world apocalypse so far down the road by the time it comes to […]

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1 week ago Environment Canada officials grilled on Canada’s climate targets at committee hearing

OTTAWA — Environment and Climate Change Canada officials struggled Monday to explain how recent federal policy shifts have affected national emissions reduction targets, as federal ministers in recent weeks have refused to commit to Canada’s 2030 goals. The federal government has recently rolled back several climate initiatives, including delaying the implementation of the electric vehicle […]

Society

1 week ago Les énergies fossiles canadiennes menacent le climat mondial, selon un rapport

Le Canada se classe parmi les quatre premiers producteurs de pétrole, avec environ 6,5 % du total mondial.

Society

2 w. ago Climate change made heat waves this summer in Canada much more likely: Scientists

Environment and Climate Change Canada says a heat wave in northern B.C. was the longest in the country, lasting from Aug. 23 to Sept. 9.

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2 w. ago Canada’s 2030 emissions target is out of reach after progress stalled in 2024: report

OTTAWA — Canada’s short-term targets for reducing its emissions are now out of reach after emission levels remained unchanged last year, and recent federal policies have set back Canada’s progress, Canada’s leading climate policy research organization says in a new report. The Canadian Climate Institute released its early analysis of national emissions for 2024 on […]

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2 w. ago La cible climatique du Canada est hors d’atteinte en raison des énergies fossiles

Les récents reculs du gouvernement Carney minent la lutte contre la crise du climat.

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2 w. ago Daily records fall in several communities along B.C. coast as temperatures rise

Environment Canada says the high temperature mark for Sept. 16 was set in six B.C. communities yesterday, with White Rock hitting 29 degrees.

Sport

2 w. ago Here's what the next few months of fall weather will look like in Ontario

After a false introduction to fall a few weeks ago, Ontario has flip-flopped back to a bit of a late-summer heat wave to close out the final days of the warmer season. But don't let the 20+C temps fool you, as autumn proper is close on the horizon. And, new forecasts reveal what we can expect, weather-wise, in the weeks to come.With September 22 marking the first day of astronomical fall (and meteorological fall having already begun on September 1), the leaves are already changing, the seasonal events are already kicking off, and yes, the cooler conditions are on their way.Earlier outlooks from authorities like the Farmers' Almanac and Environment Canada called for a dry, pretty warm start to things that could gradually become more frigid and "unsettled" by mid-October.Now, The Weather Network has put forth its own predictions, too, with experts anticipating that above-normal temperatures will stick around across much of...

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3 w. ago Stratégie climatique du Canada: «C’est l’incertitude qui nous inquiète»

Entrevue avec Rick Smith, président de l’Institut climatique du Canada, au sujet des reculs climatiques de Mark Carney.

Society

3 w. ago Housing affordability in Canada is getting worse, federal records say

New internal government documents shed more light on Canada's struggling housing climate as middle and lower-income households struggle with affordability.

Sport

3 w. ago Liberal MPs reluctant to lower 2030 and 2035 climate targets

EDMONTON — Some Liberal MPs are reluctant to see their government lower its greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for 2030 and 2035, as Prime Minister Mark Carney stays quiet on whether Canada is still committed to meeting its climate goals. Carney and several of his ministers have created uncertainty in recent days by refusing to […]

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3 w. ago Carney government noncommittal about Canada meeting 2030 climate goals

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney and his environment minister aren’t saying whether Canada is still committed to meeting its climate goals under the Paris agreement by 2030, as the government faces criticism over his emissions reduction plans. In an email to The Canadian Press on Monday, the office of Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin said […]

Politics

4 w. ago Weather must change before air quality statements in B.C. can be lifted: Environment Canada

The special air quality statements that were issued for much of British Columbia this week are expected to remain in place throughout the weekend and into early next week.

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last month Southern Ontario in for wind gusts up to 90 km/h Friday, Environment Canada warns

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for a swath of southern Ontario indicating strong winds will be felt on Friday.

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