Environment

SAN FRANCISCO — California has banned farmers from using certain pesticides near schools and day care centres under a new rule announced Tuesday that regulators said is among the toughest in the U.S.

MORRO BAY, Calif. — California authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a protected southern sea otter that had been rescued and returned to the ocean last year, officials said Tuesday.

DENVER — Opponents of some Obama-era oil and gas regulations say a decision by a federal appeals court in Denver could allow those rules to go into effect temporarily, even though the Trump administration plans to revoke them.

BURNABY, B.C. — A city in British Columbia wants Saskatchewan's justice minister to withdraw comments suggesting it "is deliberately slowing down" the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — Another grey wolf has been found dead in Oregon, marking the third such unsolved death of a federally protected wolf in the past year, state and federal wildlife officials said.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is to go on tour later this month to stump for the Trans Mountain pipeline, but is resisting opposition calls to wield a big stick against its opponents.

TORONTO — The City of Toronto is warning dog owners of a potential illness after more than 30 animals were found dead at Woodbine Beach over the weekend.

BONN, Germany — Fiji's prime minister called for a sense of urgency Monday, telling negotiators that "we must not fail our people" as he opened two weeks of talks on implementing the Paris accord to fight climate change, which is already affecting hi

CALGARY — The roar of the chainsaw could soon join the calls of the wild in Jasper National Park as Atco Ltd. looks to string power across the town within the UNESCO World Heritage preserve.

VANCOUVER — Environment Minister Catherine McKenna confronted a reporter for The Rebel on Friday, demanding he make a commitment that the far-right website stop calling her "climate Barbie.