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CANADA'S GEOGRAPHY WILL BE IRREVOCABLY TRANSFORMED inuit nunangat is the homeland of Inuit in Canada - the vast northerly reaches of the country, comprising more than onethird of its land area. A hotter Canada will be a poorer Canada - particularly in Alberta, projected by the CCI to be hardest hit by weather-related disasters, primarily floods and fires. As Environment and Climate Change Canada's disaster preparedness meteorologist for B.C. and Yukon, he's constantly on the lookout for extremes: subtropical cyclones, arctic cold fronts, floods, heat waves and fire weather. EXTREME WEATHER WILL COST CANADA $100 BILLION EVERY YEAR there was a time, not that long ago, when some people imagined Canada would ride out climate change with relative ease. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the Beatrice wind farm is named after the defunct Beatrice oil field on which it is situated. The only remaining sign of its earlier incarnation is two rusting oil platforms that sit at the feet of towering 200-metre-tall turbines.

Revisions that take effect today remove protections for 80% of endangered freshwater species.

Pollution may soon overwhelm deep seas' ability to sequester mercury.

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The article presents the pandemic underscoring the need for a national child care program. Topics include Canada survey found that one in four parents changing the work schedule, working fewer hours, or returning to work after parental leave due to difficulties in finding child care; delivering the quality early childhood education showing benefit to the young minds; and building strong social supports which being essential to the growing economy.

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Mike Pearson pulls up the DIY fish trap he's left overnight in a slough near Agassiz, B.C. He's hoping to catch Salish suckers, an endangered freshwater fish that looks like [...]