Heather Hansman is a Colorado-based writer and editor focusing on the complex relationships between people and the environments in which they live.

As federal funding for disaster preparedness and relief is slashed and risks escalate, DIY disaster preparation matters more ...

Federal delays on regulating scrubbers puts endangered orcas as well as ocean and human health at risk as cruise sector on ...

Despite the threat from Donald Trump's anti-climate policies, Canada must continue slashing polluting emissions to yield ...

Canada is expected to finalize rules on toxic PFAS chemicals — but the government’s recent silence has left environmental ...

Menita Prasad knows that turtles don't rate the same kind of attention from the public as a "cute, fluffy mammal." ...

Prime Minister Mark Carney's honeymoon appears over, as last-minute changes to the agenda and at least one chief bailing on the meeting before the day was done underscored the rushed push to nation ...

Details about which major national-interest projects will make Prime Minister Mark Carney’s list are being kept under wraps, ...

The Conservative leader clearly thinks the byelection in Battle River-Crowfoot is going to be a cakewalk. His opponents have ...

Rochelle Baker is the Quadra and Cortes Islands reporter for Canada's National Observer, thanks to a grant from the Local Journalism Initiative of the Government of Canada. Rochelle has worked as a ...