Some women are taking the anti-plastic movement further than straws and bags by making their menstrual cycles plastic-free, and are urging more people to talk openly about their periods, their products, and their waste.
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In this week’s issue of our environment newsletter, we examine how Canadian cities are at the forefront of climate action and how you can identify unrecyclable plastic.
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The status of Canada’s largest park as a world heritage site remains wobbly after a United Nations body expressed grave doubts about a federal plan to rescue it.
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Three hundred kilometres below the surface of the moon lurks something massive — and scientists aren’t completely sure what it is.
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Marijuana chemical residue has been found in incense burners apparently used during funerary rites at a mountainous site in western China in about 500 BC, providing what may be the oldest evidence of smoking cannabis for its mind-altering properties.
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A new report from The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto says manufacturers and users of so-called stalkerware apps are potentially breaking a variety of laws, but so far police and prosecutors have turned a blind eye.
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Centre-right premiers demanding that the federal government accept compromises on pending legislation to regulate natural resource development are themselves threatening national unity, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday.
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If you want to check out the solar system’s largest planet, the next few nights are the best nights of the year to do it.
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The Trudeau government will ban single-use plastics in Canada as early as 2021, CBC News has learned, and the ban could include plastic straws, cotton swabs, drink stirrers, plates, cutlery and balloon sticks.
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A movement to change the language used to describe climate change is triggering a debate over whether it’s time to report on global warming as a full-fledged “crisis” or “emergency.”
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