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Biden administration expands program to help rural towns plagued by sewage problems

Biden administration expands program to help rural towns plagued by sewage problems

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced Tuesday that it is expanding a program to help rural communities with serious sewage problems get technical help to plan improvements and apply for funding.
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Ford says Bill 124 repeal comes amid high cost of living

Ford says Bill 124 repeal comes amid high cost of living

Ontario Premier Doug Ford expressed frustration Tuesday with an Appeal Court ruling that declared his public sector wage-restraint law unconstitutional, but said he has agreed to repeal it amid a high cost of living.
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First Nations group criticizes federal fish policies, conflict of interest in B.C.

First Nations group criticizes federal fish policies, conflict of interest in B.C.

OTTAWA — An Indigenous-led group is criticizing what it says is the "gross mismanagement" of aquaculture in British Columbia by the Fisheries Department, as it calls for a separation of its regulatory and promotional responsibilities.
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For threatened polar bears, the climate change diet is a losing proposition

For threatened polar bears, the climate change diet is a losing proposition

For polar bears, the climate change diet is a losing proposition, a new study suggests. With Arctic sea ice shrinking from climate change, many polar bears have to shift their diets to land during parts of the summer.
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'Energy needs': Study shows polar bears can't survive on extended land-based diet

'Energy needs': Study shows polar bears can't survive on extended land-based diet

Polar bears along Hudson Bay stranded on land by a lengthening summer tried everything to feed themselves, from swimming after seal carcasses to munching on caribou antlers.
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Warm weather forces city in Quebec to cancel ice-fishing villages for first time

Warm weather forces city in Quebec to cancel ice-fishing villages for first time

SAGUENAY, Que. — There will be no colourful ice-fishing huts dotting the frozen water near Saguenay, Que., this year after mild winter weather forced authorities to cancel the popular tradition for the first time.
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Group says Lululemon is 'greenwashing' as emissions rise, wants competition probe

Group says Lululemon is 'greenwashing' as emissions rise, wants competition probe

VANCOUVER — A non-profit organization in British Columbia announced Monday it has asked Canada's Competition Bureau to investigate athletic-wear giant Lululemon, claiming the company is misleading customers about its environmental impacts.
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Arizona Republicans challenge Biden’s designation of a national monument near the Grand Canyon

Arizona Republicans challenge Biden’s designation of a national monument near the Grand Canyon

The Arizona Legislature’s top two Republicans have challenged Democratic President Joe Biden’s creation of a new national monument last summer just outside Grand Canyon National Park, alleging he exceeded his legal authority in making that designatio
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Rio's Carnival parade makes urgent plea to stop illegal mining in Indigenous lands

Rio's Carnival parade makes urgent plea to stop illegal mining in Indigenous lands

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Carnival dancers have taken the biggest stage in Rio de Janeiro to pay tribute to Brazil's largest Indigenous group and pressure President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to deliver on promises to eradicate illegal mining.
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An offshore oil spill has caused a 'national emergency,' Trinidad and Tobago prime minister says

An offshore oil spill has caused a 'national emergency,' Trinidad and Tobago prime minister says

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister said a large oil spill near the twin-island nation in the eastern Caribbean has caused a “national emergency” as crews struggled to contain the oil already coating numerous beaches on
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