Cities & Communities

More than 26 million Canadians in more than 930 communities, more than 60% of the population, have personally faced the impacts of climate change so far this year, the #ElbowsUp for Climate campaign reports in an analysis released this week.

Heat pumps are becoming smaller and easier to install as new options hit the market in the form of minisplits and window-mounted options. But in the absence of government support, renters still face hurdles to get them into their homes.

Ottawa and Manitoba are eyeing an expanded Arctic trade route, including for potential fossil fuel exports to Europe, through the Port of Churchill as sea ice declines. But experts told The Energy Mix that less ice doesn't necessarily eliminate the challenges of moving more cargo through Hudson Bay.

The first progress report on Canada’s climate adaptation plan reveals an urgent need to focus on actual results as climate-driven extreme weather impacts ramp up, says the Canadian Climate Institute’s director of adaptation.

It’s widely known Canada is facing both an affordable housing crisis and a climate crisis, and the worst possible outcome is solving one to punish the other. If we make the wrong choices today, we risk locking in generations of unnecessary emissions, future maintenance and retrofit costs, infrastructure strain, and...

Alberta's technology minister faced a firing line of community fury Thursday at a government town hall on its plan for artificial intelligence data centres. "I'm sorry to hear that you have such a jaded view of the government," Nate Glubish responded, to boos from the crowd.

Public opposition to artificial intelligence (AI) data centre projects is surging across Canada and the United States, as outrage over the projects’ energy and water use, noise pollution, carbon footprint—and their proponents’ habit of often ignoring or flouting community opposition—unites voters across the political spectrum.

At outdoor movie nights across British Columbia this summer, the power behind the screen, the speakers, and even the popcorn machine came from a pair of electric pickup trucks parked nearby.

Metro Vancouver is spending billions to switch buildings, vehicles, and the power system to cleaner electricity, but is missing an opportunity to grow local businesses and jobs around the transition, finds a new report by the Zero Emissions Innovation Centre (ZEIC).

Disrupted treatment, unstable housing, and lasting trauma can compound a disaster’s toll—a pattern now emerging in communities recovering from Hurricane Helene.