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Montreal mayor joins mayors of New York, Paris on UN sustainability advisory group

Montreal mayor joins mayors of New York, Paris on UN sustainability advisory group

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante has joined a new United Nations group to help local and regional governments implement the organization's sustainable development plan.
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Refrigeration chemicals are a nightmare for the climate. Experts say alternatives must spread fast

Refrigeration chemicals are a nightmare for the climate. Experts say alternatives must spread fast

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — When Jennifer Byrne, owner and technician at Comfy Heating and Cooling, gets a call to come and fix a relatively new air conditioning system, one of the first questions she asks is if the house has just been remodeled.
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Canada forges agreement to help Philippines track illegal fishing vessels using satellite technology

Canada forges agreement to help Philippines track illegal fishing vessels using satellite technology

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Canada will help the Philippines detect illegal fishing with its satellite surveillance system under a new agreement, Philippine officials said Monday.
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Massive NYC landfill-to-park project hits a milestone; first section opens to the public

NEW YORK (AP) — Efforts to turn what was once the largest landfill site in the world into a public park hit a milestone Sunday with the opening of the first section open to the public, New York City officials said. The 21-acre (8.
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More than 50 Indigenous fish harvesters in the Maritimes charged or on trial: Ottawa

More than 50 Indigenous fish harvesters in the Maritimes charged or on trial: Ottawa

HALIFAX — Three years after a First Nation started a self-regulated lobster fishery that sparked protests and violence in Nova Scotia, federal prosecutors are pressing ahead with charges against dozens of Indigenous fishers, some of whom are planning
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Cloud breaks bring cheers from partial solar eclipse watchers at B.C. observatory

Cloud breaks bring cheers from partial solar eclipse watchers at B.C. observatory

SAANICH, B.C. — Cheers greeted the brief cloud breaks that gave more than 100 people gathered at an astrophysical observatory site near Victoria, B.C., a peak at Saturday's partial solar eclipse.
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Alberta mountain towns work to coexist with bears through warnings and other actions

BANFF, Alta. — When Banff Mayor Corrie DiManno goes out for a run in her Alberta mountain town, she wears a vest holding a can of bear spray, makes noise and keeps an eye out for wildlife.
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Fire-ravaged N.W.T. hamlet asks for independent inquiry as it looks to rebuild

ENTERPRISE, N.W.T. — Paul Flamand dug through the ashes of his burned-down home in a hamlet known as the gateway to the Northwest Territories. The building was lost to a raging wildfire that tore through Enterprise within a matter of hours in August.
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Montana man to return home from hospital weeks after grizzly bear bit off lower jaw

Montana man to return home from hospital weeks after grizzly bear bit off lower jaw

A Montana man who was mauled by a grizzly bear that bit off the front of his lower jaw is ready to return home after five weeks in a Utah hospital, a physician and his family said Friday during a news conference.
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AP Exclusive: 911 calls from deadly Lahaina wildfire reveal terror and panic in the rush to escape

AP Exclusive: 911 calls from deadly Lahaina wildfire reveal terror and panic in the rush to escape

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Trapped in their cars, in homes or on the beach as flames, black smoke and embers swirled around them, people in the historic Maui town of Lahaina called 911, the one number that might send help or tell them what to do, where t
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