Environment

OTTAWA — Canada and the United Kingdom have enticed 18 other nations to adopt their mutual goal of weaning themselves off coal-fired power — but at least two provinces are trying to negotiate their way out of the federal government's own domestic pla

OTTAWA — A by-the-numbers look at coal and coal-fired electricity production in Canada and around the world in 2015. 62 million tonnes : Amount of coal mined in Canada. 7.9 billion tonnes : Amount of coal mined around the world.

EDMONTON — One of the world's largest groups of conservation scientists says Canada's biggest national park is among the most threatened World Heritage Sites in North America.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's Appeal Court has ruled in favour of a filmmaker whose documentary criticized the Vancouver Aquarium's practice of keeping beluga whales and dolphins in captivity.

TORONTO — Sprinter Donovan Bailey says he knows that his induction into Canada's Walk of Fame will affect the way he's seen by future generations.

TORONTO — Six people were inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame Wednesday — sprinter Donovan Bailey, actress Anna Paquin, environmentalist David Suzuki, civil rights leader Viola Desmond, country singer Stompin' Tom Connors, and businessman Ted Rogers.

PORTAGE, Ind. — Environmentalists are questioning why the public wasn't notified about an October chemical spill into a Lake Michigan tributary that U.S. Steel asked Indiana regulators to keep confidential.

MAPLETON, Ont. — Provincial police say a collision involving two trucks north of Kitchener, Ont., resulted in a small spill from one of the vehicles.

TORONTO — Ontario's government has had a report in hand about mercury contamination upstream from the Grassy Narrows First Nation for more than a year, but the premier says she didn't see it.

BELLA BELLA, B.C. — A British Columbia First Nation has released a plan it says will give it a leading role in oil spill prevention and response on the province's central coast.