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Seniors with SCAN as well as other Kingston, Ont., climate action groups gathered in front of RBC downtown to protest the institution’s spending on fossil fuels.

Traffic on Highway 1 west of Calgary was forced to a crawl most of Easter Monday after protests closed all but one lane. It’s part of a series of rallies held across Canada in response to another hike in the federal carbon tax. Sarah Offin has more on the backlash from Albertans feeling priced out...

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault called Saskatchewan government’s decision not to pay the federal carbon price “irresponsible” and “immoral.” “We can have disagreement about things like climate change, but to be so reckless is unspeakable really,” he added.

A rally to save the Ontario Science Centre was held on Saturday at Riverdale Park. A number of politicians joined several dozen people to try to stop Ontario Premier Doug Ford from moving the beloved institution down to Ontario Place at the West Toronto waterfront. And, after recent indications that rises in Canada’s interest rates...

Just a few days before Premier Danielle Smith heads to the annual COP28 climate change conference, a group of Edmontonians rallied about the future of renewable energy in our province. As Jasmine King explains, they hope this year’s conference could lead to change.

Kingstonians younger and older rallied on Friday in the name of action against the climate crisis, with two separate rallies on the same day.

Students in Peterborough walked out of classes Friday to protest the government’s use of fossil fuels. It was part of a worldwide movement that will culminate with the upcoming United Nations’ General Assembly. The hope is to demand change while the world’s leaders are listening. Sam Houpt has the story…

Four people were hospitalized in critical or life-threatening conditions after being shot early-morning Saturday in Toronto’s Moss Park neighbourhood. Meanwhile, a solidarity rally and march was held at Queen’s Park on the anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death in Iran. Earlier on, a climate rally calling for an end to fossil fuels was also held outside...

People in hundreds of cities took part in a global rally to fight against climate change, including here in B.C. People from all walks of life united in their goal to end the use of fossil fuels. Kylie Stanton reports.

Climate change is spurring disaster after disaster and clean-up is costing Canadians more and more each year. Homeowners and insurance companies are tallying up the expensive price tag from this historic wildfire season which is likely into the billions by now. And because of it, premiums are going up and there’s talk insurance companies may...

It’s been a bittersweet homecoming for wildfire evacuees in British Columbia. A week after apocalyptic fires tore through the Okanagan region, some people are back home tonight. But some don’t have a place to go back to as more evacuation orders are lifted. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also touched down in the region today, meeting...

100.5 Fresh radio host Dani Guppy joins Teresa Kaszuba for your entertainment headlines. On the agenda today: Gearing up for Star Wars Day; remembering the legacy of Gordon Lightfoot and his time spent here in Peterborough; a newly surfaced TikTok trend is renewing the love for Frankie Valli, who’s 89th birthday is today; the countdown...

For the second time in under two weeks, people rallied in front of RBC in downtown Kingston to protest RBC’s spending on fossil fuels.

Vernon residents say that fracked gas is one of BC’s fastest-growing climate problems and they want the government to consider greener options. They voiced their concerns at a rally this afternoon, Jasmine King has more.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is in Moscow, getting some face time with his friend Russian President Vladimir Putin, as the powerful pair pledges to deepen their “no limits” partnership. What that might mean, the reaction to this meeting of authoritarian leaders, and how at least one foreign policy expert isn’t ready to write the whole...

Climate activists, anti-World Economic Forum (WEF) demonstrators and millionaires calling for higher taxes on the rich joined forces at a demonstration in Davos on Sunday, ahead of the opening of the WEF in Switzerland on Monday. “We really want to reduce this level of wealth inequality in the world that’s so corrosive to society,” Patriotic...

Climate activist Greta Thunberg visited the abandoned village of Luetzerath in western Germany where demonstrators are protesting the expansion of an open coal mine, and condemned the eviction order. “Germany is really embarrassing itself right now,” she said.

Record-high winter temperatures swept across parts of Europe over the new year, with temperature records smashed across hundreds of sites in the past days. “Climate change is making these extremes more frequent and making heat waves more intense. And it’s really striking what we’re seeing across Europe at the moment and it’s showing us the...

A socially distanced climate justice rally was organized by youth from Climate Strike Halifax on Friday. The group ensured public health protocols were in place as they rallied to bring awareness to the impacts of climate change and racial equity in Nova Scotia. Alexa Maclean has the story.

Ontario has begun its rollout of COVID-19 booster vaccines to more eligible populations, such as those 70 and older as well as those who received two doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Brittany Rosen reports on reaction to the latest vaccine rollout. And a rally was held in Ontario on Saturday, one of many being held...