Canada

Canada

Biden in Canada to discuss security, trade and migration issues

Two important agreements appeared to be in hand before Biden even departed Washington. Canada will escalate its timeline for military upgrades to the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the two nations have reached an agreement to update rules for migrants seeking asylum.

24/03/2023

Canada

EU Commission President asks Canada for lithium and more Ukraine aid

As the only supplier of lithium in the northern hemisphere, Canada is key for the EU's energy transition away from fossil fuels.

08/03/2023

Tech News

TikTok ban: Why is the social media platform under fire?

After the US and the EU Commission, Canada also banned the TikTok app from government-issued devices on Monday. What's going on?

01/03/2023

Travel News

This family turned a devastating diagnosis into a worldwide adventure

Parents Sebatien and Edith want to make memories that will last a lifetime.

27/02/2023

Earth News

World’s biggest ice rink threatened by climate change

The ice isn’t thick enough to support the weight of skaters or equipment.

16/02/2023

Travel News

Watch these ice canoe racers brave freezing temperatures in Canada

This race is part of the Quebec Winter Carnival and is an annual tradition in the Canadian province.

09/02/2023

Earth News

Traffic fumes may impair your thinking. These simple steps can help

Scientists find ‘concerning’ links between traffic jams, depression and memory in this first-of-its-kind air pollution study.

31/01/2023

Ecotech

This AI tech is reducing the risk of dangerous polar bear encounters

Ice-free periods in the Arctic are becoming longer, increasing the risk of human-polar bear conflict.

26/12/2022

Canada

Historic biodiversity deal reached at the COP15 summit

Nations have agreed to protect 30% of the world’s sea and landmass by 2030, in a historic deal that will also provide critical financing to buttress biodiversity in the developing world.

19/12/2022

Earth News

COP15: Nations agree historic deal to protect nature

The agreement committed the world to ending and reversing biodiversity loss by 2030.

19/12/2022

Canada

Negotiators agree to historic biodiversity deal at COP15

Negotiators agree to a historic deal at COP15, committing to protect 30% of land and water considered important for biodiversity by 2030.

19/12/2022

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Youth activists from around the world meet at biodiversity summit

Young activists from around the world have met at COP15 in Montreal to raise awareness about the state of biodiversity.

18/12/2022

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Watch: Hundreds march for biodiversity and human rights in Canada

Protesters marched for biodiversity and human rights in Montreal, where the COP15 UN Biodiversity Conference is taking place.

11/12/2022

Canada

COP15 summit: Deforestation rule is welcomed by Indigenous leaders

Indigenous communities around the world have "enthusiastically" welcomed the European Union's new law on deforestation, but they are demanding more laws to protect human, land, and forest rights.

08/12/2022

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COP15 biodiversity summit opens in Montreal

Amid warnings that biodiversity is in freefall, environmental leaders have gathered in Montreal to hammer out measures aimed at shoring up the world's land and marine ecosystems and coming up with tens of billions of dollars to fund these conservation efforts.

07/12/2022

Earth News

'Without nature we have nothing' UN Chief said at COP15

Scientists, rights advocates, and delegates from nearly 200 countries gather in Canada for the COP15 Biodiversity summit as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, "humanity's war on nature is ultimately a war on ourselves".

07/12/2022

Canada

Why is the COP15 important for biodiversity?

One month after the COP27 Climate Change summit in Egypt, COP15 on Biodiversity kicks off in Canada. The objective of the 196 countries taking part, is to halt the decline of life.

07/12/2022

Earth News

UN chief meets young activists ahead of COP15 talks

Nearly 200 countries will try to hammer out a new global framework to protect 30 per cent of Earth's land and oceans by 2030.

07/12/2022

Nature

What is COP15? The UN summit seeking to ‘make peace with nature’

A new global biodiversity framework is set to be agreed in Canada this fortnight, with proposals such as ‘30 by 30’ negotiated.

06/12/2022

Rethink

'Quantum computers are revolutionary but they won’t solve everything'

Quantum computing won’t solve all our problems, says physicist Shohini Ghose. But the pioneering computing framework has the potential to improve numerous industries.

17/11/2022

Health news

Smoking weed may be worse for your lungs than tobacco, study finds

A small study found marijuana smokers had a higher rate of emphysema and other airway diseases than people only smoking tobacco.

16/11/2022

Nature

Climate change could starve polar bears to extinction

“The fate of the polar bear should alarm everyone,” warns climate scientist.

06/10/2022

Canada

'It’s quite terrifying': Homes washed into sea as storm batters Canada

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed to provide assistance to those affected, as troops are deployed to help recovery efforts.

25/09/2022

Canada

Storm Fiona batters Canada's east coast

After battering the Caribbean, hurricane Fiona was downgraded to a storm and it made landfall on Canada's east coast early Saturday morning bringing down electricity pylons and damaging homes.

24/09/2022

Mobility

'Ocean planet' discovered which could have temperatures right for life

The one-of-a-kind exoplanet, which could support life, orbits a star 100 lightyears from our own planet, Earth.

14/09/2022

Travel News

What are vacuum tube trains and are they the future of rail travel?

The new ‘FluxJet’ looks like something out of a science fiction novel. Could it actually work?

10/09/2022