The amount of water it takes to mine cryptocurrency in Canada is on the rise, with little regulatory oversight and no disclosure requirements to track the operations’ consumption levels.
Building codes in Canada don't allow low and mid rise apartments to be built with a single staircase, even though other countries have been doing so for decades. That could soon change, with growing momentum for “point access blocks" to be allowed in North American cities.
Right-wing influencers and websites – including many that attacked pandemic-era public health measures – leveraged last year’s record-breaking wildfires to spread climate disinformation, researchers say.