In the news today: Carney to meet Trump this morning at G7 in Alberta

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Carney to meet Trump this morning at G7 in Alberta Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet this morning with U.S. Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian...

Environmental consultant Ricardo joins City exodus as Canada's WSP agrees £363m takeover

London-listed engineering consultant becomes latest firm to be acquired By JANE DENTON Updated: 07:40 EDT, 11 June 2025 British consultancy group Ricardo is being acquired by Canadian rival WSP Global for around £363.1million, including debt. The...

Royal Life Saving Society helps enable alignment of pool lifeguard qualifications between UK, Canada, South Africa and Australia

The RLSS Commonwealth Pool Lifeguard Reciprocity Project – a joint effort between Royal Life Saving Society member organisations in Australia, Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom – is enabling pool lifeguards with an Australian...

Electra and Three Fires advance Canada’s first Indigenous-led Battery recycling venture

Electra Battery Materials (NASDAQ: ELBM; TSX-V: ELBM) and the Three Fires Group are making progress on the Aki Battery Recycling joint venture, the first Indigenous-led lithium-ion battery recycling initiative in Canada. Aki pioneers a...

2025 wildfire season is on track to be one of Canada's worst ever

This year's fire season — the second worst since the 2023 wildfire season — has seen wildfires consume 3.7 million hectares, six times the area of Prince Edward Island OTTAWA — The area burned by wildfires so far this season is the second-largest...

Canada’s Defense Wake-Up Call: PM Mark Carney Vows to Hit NATO Spending Target—But Is It Too Little, Too Late?”

By Gloria Ogbonna In a major policy shift aimed at bolstering Canada’s standing on the world stage and addressing growing global threats, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Monday that his government will accelerate military spending...

Canadian wildfire smoke is back: Tips to keep it out of your home

As summer draws closer, so does smoke from Canadian wildfires and related health concerns. While the smoke may not yet be as bad as it was in 2023 when cities like New York and much of the East Coast experienced a surreal, glowing orange haze, it...

Climate Change Reporting and Mental Health: Practical Tips for Newsrooms and Journalists

It’s not surprising that climate change takes a mental health toll on the journalists who cover the beat — whether from the newsroom, in the field covering natural disasters or extreme weather, or direct experience with trauma caused by climate...

Environment Canada is predicting a hot summer and people in Ottawa are welcoming the change from the recent dreary weather

Union takes legal action against Health Canada over pesticide safety

Breadcrumb Trail Links News Ecojustice says Health Canada wrong about voluntary compliance Is Health Canada doing enough to protect ag workers from pesticide exposure? (Mirko Fabian, Unsplash.com) From headaches to death, and dozens of ailments in...

Health Canada is abandoning farmworkers to navigate the 'weird, Wild West' of pesticide harms, says lawsuit

Canada's pesticide regulator is leaving farmworkers in the dark about the health risks they face from pesticides because it has not been enforcing key provisions in Canada's main pesticide law for decades, environmental law advocates and Canada's...

Global warming speeding drought process

Opinion With 95 per cent of this year’s crop seeded as of this week, Manitoba farmers are again watching the skies for rain, along with thousands of firefighters and the tens of thousands of people displaced by wildfires across Western Canada....

President Lee sets off for G7 summit for international debut

Published: 16 Jun. 2025, 16:58 Updated: 16 Jun. 2025, 17:02 Audio report: written by reporters, read by AI President Lee Jae-myung, right, and first lady Kim Hye-kyung greet onlookers at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, Gyeonggi, before boarding the...

Canadian space firm PCI Geomatics expands operations in Scotland

PCI Geomatics (doing business as Catalyst), a leading Earth Observation (EO) company with over 40 years of experience supporting major space sector players, has chosen Edinburgh as the latest hub in its ongoing global expansion. The new office,...

Canada's WSP to buy Ricardo in £281m deal

Under the terms of the acquisition, WSP will pay 430p per share in cash. This is a premium of 28% to the closing share price on Tuesday and the deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter. Mark Clare, chair of Ricardo, said: "Ricardo has made...

GT Voice: Canada needs to drop ideological bias to boost trade ties with China

Illustration: Liu Xidan/GTAmid concerns over the uncertainty of US policies, calls for improving relations with China seem to be gaining traction in Canada. To make meaningful progress, Canada needs to set aside ideological biases and embrace a...

The Best $7,000 TFSA Investments for Canadian Investors

It’s the big question on the minds of many new TFSA (Tax-Free Savings Account) investors at any given time: what’s the best investment to make in today’s climate? Indeed, Trump tariff turmoil paved the way for a rather treacherous first half of...

Rethinking Climate Action: A New Guideline for Planetary Health

By Teresa Coady Author Bio: Teresa Coady is an award-winning architect and Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. She is the founder and former CEO of Bunting CoadyArchitects, now part of B+H Architects, and former COO of...

EDITORIAL: A $6.6 billion climate boondoggle

One of the least controversial and most effective ways to address climate change is to adapt to it. Article content The other strategy — mitigation — is a long-term program that will have no discernible effect on the frequency of severe weather...

Climate change can impact our gut health

The warming climate is hitting us right in the gut, as new research shows that rising temperatures are taking a toll on the health of our gastrointestinal systems and impacting the food we consume. As climate change exacerbates health conditions,...