Five Mi’kmaq communities are leading the protection of a sacred site by creating an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area, while also restoring connections between the lands, waters and people of Un...

Livestock producers generate a mountain of plastics. Resourceful ranchers are developing solutions.

Canada’s Maritime region must adapt quickly as it plays host to a growing seasonal population of white sharks

For years, Wayne Mercredi spent hours driving the Tibbitt to Contwoyto winter road. Leaving early in the morning to take advantage of limited daylight, he’d travel the road’s 400-kilometer length (250...

The proposed data centre and its on-site gas plant in Lorneville, N.B., would raze wetlands and forest and be one of the province’s largest greenhouse gas emitters

Research suggests they may be able to enjoy a massage, recognize themselves in a mirror, and get depressed. Are fish welfare standards next?

Two very different decisions on Aboriginal title and private property rights expose a gap in Supreme Court doctrine

A new episode of Atlantic Voice details how one Nova Scotia fire department is dealing with floods, fires and the mental toll it all takes on its small group of volunteers.

Advocates say the observer program for Atlantic Canada’s fisheries is "broken," with many fisheries failing to meet required levels for monitoring by at-sea observers.

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Can farmers pull a solution to the water crisis out of thin air?

Across Canada, Indigenous communities are deciding how to commemorate these residential school histories on the land

Whether to kill one species to save another has split biologists, anglers and Indigenous communities in the Miramichi

Groups conducting shoreline cleanups and coastal restoration say they're facing long delays obtaining permits or unclear requirements from the province, which are sometimes forcing them to cancel proj...

Some Windsor, N.S., residents say a two-year-old decision to close the gates of an aboiteau and keep Lake Pisiquid filled with water is unnecessary and causing other problems.

In Nova Scotia, scientists are racing to save an ancient species

As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

On the coast of Newfoundland, waste from a shuttered asbestos mine has been a troubling source of contamination for decades. Now, a company plans to process the waste to draw CO2 from the air — one of...

New agreement allowing U.S. officials access to Canadian permanent residents’ information made without external consultations, critics say

Indigenous fishermen on the Atlantic Coast have spent centuries—and millions of dollars—trying to get the government to uphold treaties made in the 1700s. And younger generations aren’t giving up.