Full Coverage: Canada

02.05.2008 UNITED NATIONS, May 1 (OneWorld) - The Canadian government has drawn fierce condemnation from the world's indigenous communities for its refusal to sign an international document that recognizes native people's right to self-determination.

28.04.2008 The significant shifts driven by climate change in the polar regions present new opportunities and pressures for development. These are challenges which demand holistic, integrated responses (PDF briefing).

24.04.2008 This week's closed-door meeting of leaders from Canada, Mexico, and the United States is likely to produce changes that "will favor narrow corporate interests over the public good," write trade analysts Sarah Anderson and Manuel Pérez Rocha.

11.04.2008 A project to plant 15,000 trees across abandoned coal mines in Appalachia will create new homes for forest birds whose numbers are declining due to loss and fragmentation of North American forests.
From: American Bird Conservancy

27.03.2008 North American environmental leaders recently issued a report calling for a greater commitment to green buildings in the region, where commercial and residential structures currently consume an average of 30 percent of total energy needs.

24.03.2008

12.12.2007 Alkuperäiskansojen oikeuksien puolesta toimivat tahot nimesivät alkuperäiskansojen kannalta ongelmallisimmat maat vuonna 2007. Länsimaista listalle joutuivat Yhdysvallat, Kanada, Australia ja Uusi Seelanti.

11.12.2007 The 10th anniversary of the Kyoto Protocol today – which requires industrialised countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by at least five per cent from the 1990 level – was marked by a warning that the treaty is under threat at the UN climate change negotiations in Bali, Indonesia.

07.12.2007 YK:n Balin ilmastoneuvotteluissa jaettiin valtioita vuohiin ja lampaisiin. Hyvikseksi on nousemassa Kiina, jonka asennoituminen ilmastonmuutokseen on muuttunut selvästi viime vuosina. Moitteita keräävät erityisesti Malesia, Saudi Arabia, Japani ja Kanada.

07.12.2007 China was named Good Guy at the UN climate change negotiations in Bali on Friday, Malaysia was condemned to join Saudi Arabia, Japan and Canada in the Bad Guys group and Australia and India were told to make up their mind which category they wanted to be in.

04.12.2007

31.10.2007 NEW YORK, Oct 31 (OneWorld) - Traditionally, it's the kids who receive sweets from the elders on Halloween, but that years-old ritual is getting a makeover this year in hundreds of communities across North America.

19.10.2007 Innovative service programs in North America, Pakistan, India, and South Africa are helping young people push for the advancement of their communities as well as their own personal development.

16.10.2007 Kanadan arktisella alueella sijaitsevalla Melvillensaarella mitattiin kesällä jopa 15 astetta keskimääräistä korkeampia lämpötiloja. Roudan sulaminen pani liikkeelle valtavia maamassoja.

04.10.2007 The Inuit people's intimate relationship with their environment makes them particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, says indigenous activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier.

18.09.2007

14.09.2007 UNITED NATIONS, Sep 13 (OneWorld) - Despite strong objections from the United States and some of its allies, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution Thursday calling for the recognition of the world's 370 million indigenous peoples' right to self-determination and control over their lands and resources.

23.08.2007 In 1994 the signatories to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) welcomed the convention as a means to help Mexican living standards reach those in the United States and Canada. But the last 13 years have been rather unfavorable for Mexicans.

21.08.2007 The U.S., Mexican, and Canadian heads-of-state are convening this week to discuss "NAFTA plus"; rights advocates are expressing serious concerns that the meeting will not generate "democratic, locally controlled, and earth-friendly policies."

25.04.2007 Students at the University of Guelph in Canada have voted to remove Coca-Cola products from campus because of the company's unethical practices in India and Colombia. A referendum calling for replacing Coca-Cola products with "an alternate beverage supplier" received 65% of the votes.