UPDATE (Thursday, January 10th, 10:40am ET): Canadian media outlets are reporting that the trapped whales off the coast of northern Quebec are free at last. There are reports that the blanket of ice has shifted, thanks to a sudden change in wind direction. Tommy Palliser, a leader of the nearby [...]

Environment Canada has released its top 10 weather stories of the year. And according to the agency, “go big” seemed to be the theme for Mother Nature in 2012 across North America. On Environment Canada’s website, the agency describes Super Storm Sandy as one of the most powerful and biggest [...]

We can be certain that a cache of old electronics will suddenly crop up by the end of this holiday season as millions of Canadians receive new electronic toys for Christmas. But according to a new survey from Samsung, many Canadians still don’t know what to do with their old [...]

An Ontario judge will hear a motion today on whether “Darwin” the monkey found in an Ikea parking lot should be returned to a Toronto woman. Darwin’s owner, Yasmin Nakhuda, alleges that the tiny primate was illegally taken away from her by Toronto animal control officials. The monkey has been [...]

Marineland is set for a sweeping inspection of its mass animal graves by Ontario’s environment ministry. This week, the Niagara Falls tourist attraction will have to open its doors to government inspectors, who had no idea these mass graves existed because the park has no permits. There are reports that [...]

Fisheries in the European Union are confident that they’re moving towards more efficient and sustainable fishing practices that should see the stocks of threatened species recover. The Associated Press (AP) reports that after a marathon all-night negotiating session, EU fishing nations came up with dozens of new quotas next year [...]

A plan to manage energy drilling on part of Alaska’s North Slope is drawing sharp criticism from some Alaskan politicians, yet triggering praise from many environmentalists. On Wednesday, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced that the 23-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve will be divided between areas available for oil and gas [...]

Norway’s government has announced that it’s stepping up its efforts to fight global warming. In recent years, the country has led developed nations by investing billions of dollars to slow tropical deforestation. This week, Reuters reports that the nation’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said his government will be going further [...]

The world’s largest meat company says it has withdrawn a lawsuit against environmental activist group Greenpeace and renewed a promise not to purchase cattle from restricted areas in Brazil. According to Reuters, Greenpeace is in fresh discussions with food processing company JBS SA. The Brazilian firm recently published an independent [...]

A landmark ruling has been made against one of Canada’s largest companies. And it is being a hailed a huge victory by a small tribal group in Washington state. A federal court has made a ruling that will force Teck Resources to pay clean-up costs, following decades of pollution on [...]