Environment

HALIFAX — Lafarge Canada is seeking industrial approval to burn tires as fuel at a Nova Scotia cement plant.

BONN, Germany — World leaders arrived at global climate talks in Germany on Wednesday to give the negotiations a boost going into the final stretch, as campaigners called for a strong signal from rich countries on curbing greenhouse gas emissions.

WINNIPEG — Indigenous tourism operators in Manitoba are looking for ways to better promote their businesses and attract more customers.

OTTAWA — Ontario took another step Tuesday on the long road towards cleaning up mercury contamination upstream from the Grassy Narrows First Nation — a community that also wants the federal Liberal government to help generations of residents deal wit

MONTREAL — A siren system that was tested on Tuesday and designed to alert Montrealers about any major industrial accident was too weak and not distinctive enough, according to some citizens.

WHITEHORSE — A hunter has a harrowing tale of survival after nearly becoming the quarry during his first-ever bison hunt in Yukon. "All I seen was horns," Todd Pilgrim said, describing the moment on Nov.

PENDER ISLAND, B.C. — A battle over beavers is brewing on South Pender Island, B.C., where residents are vowing to save the animals from being destroyed.

NEW ORLEANS — The tallow tree, a "super invader" with toxic leaves and no natural enemies in North America, is conquering the South.

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LINCOLN, Neb. — A decision on the last major regulatory hurdle for TransCanada (TSX:TRP) in its nine-year quest to complete the Keystone XL pipeline will be made next week.