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Thirty years on, is Quebec headed for another independence referendum?

Thirty years on, is Quebec headed for another independence referendum?

MONTREAL — Ten years ago, Jean-François Lisée predicted that Quebec’s independence movement would be reborn. “It could rise again given the right circumstances,” he said in 2015. “What could trigger it, I cannot say.
What to know as snow, freezing rain and bitter cold heads through much of the US

What to know as snow, freezing rain and bitter cold heads through much of the US

A major winter storm forecast to produce heavy snow, significant ice and frigid temperatures was set to begin in the central U.S. on Saturday and move east over the next several days, according to the National Weather Service.
What to know as snow, freezing rain and bitter cold heads through much of the US

What to know as snow, freezing rain and bitter cold heads through much of the US

A major winter storm forecast to produce heavy snow, significant ice and frigid temperatures was set to begin in the central U.S. on Saturday and move east over the next several days, according to the National Weather Service.
How the warming Great Lakes could herald a new era of supercharged snowstorms

How the warming Great Lakes could herald a new era of supercharged snowstorms

Sarah Bauer woke up to a shaking house. She thought maybe an earthquake had struck near her home in Torrance, a village in Ontario's cottage country.
US Chamber, oil industry sue Vermont over law requiring companies to pay for climate change damage

US Chamber, oil industry sue Vermont over law requiring companies to pay for climate change damage

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a top oil and gas industry trade group are suing Vermont over its new law requiring that fossil fuel companies pay a share of the damage caused over several decades by climate change.
Yukon told of 'potential leak' from toxic pond at failed Eagle Gold mine

Yukon told of 'potential leak' from toxic pond at failed Eagle Gold mine

WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government says it has been told there is a "potential leak" in a containment pond holding toxic water at the Eagle Gold mine, where millions of tonnes of contaminated rock were spilled last year.
Agency approves expanding Okefenokee wildlife refuge, setting up possible buyout of mining project

Agency approves expanding Okefenokee wildlife refuge, setting up possible buyout of mining project

SAVANNAH, Ga.
2024 was record-setting year for precipitation at Toronto airport: Environment Canada

2024 was record-setting year for precipitation at Toronto airport: Environment Canada

TORONTO — Environment Canada says two massive summer storms helped catapult Toronto's Pearson International Airport to its wettest year on record.
Museum of whale skeletons, painstakingly rebuilt over years, consumed by B.C. fire

Museum of whale skeletons, painstakingly rebuilt over years, consumed by B.C. fire

It takes years to rebuild a whale. Just ask Jim Borrowman, co-founder of the Whale Interpretive Centre museum that housed numerous whale skeletons on the boardwalk of Telegraph Cove on Vancouver Island.
Finalized tax credit for cleaner hydrogen gets a cautious OK from some environmental groups

Finalized tax credit for cleaner hydrogen gets a cautious OK from some environmental groups

The Biden administration released long-awaited final rules Friday for a tax credit that will send billions of dollars to producers of cleaner hydrogen.