Whether you’re excited for autumn, or you’re still hanging onto summer, fall has arrived! We want to make sure you and your furry family members enjoy a safe fall season,…
The Ontario SPCA hosts special adoption event to fill hearts and empty animal centres
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Stouffville, ON (Sept. 22, 2025) – To help more animals find loving homes, the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society is reducing adoption fees by 20 per cent, courtesy of…
The Nightmare of Finding After-School Care in America
The after-school program disappeared from the Utah school where Jessica Langford sends her two older children, ages 7 and 9, in October 2024. At first, the charter school for neuroatypical…
Utilities are doing even worse on climate than they were five years ago
Since 2021, the Sierra Club has been grading U.S. utilities on their commitment to a clean-energy transition. While most utilities have not earned high marks on the group’s annual scorecards,…
Cuts to Rhode Island energy-efficiency plan bad for residents, study says
Funding for Rhode Island’s energy-efficiency programs could be cut by more than $42 million next year in an effort to rein in residents’ soaring power bills. That rollback would deprive…
Peace through action
Global climate strike in Sydney, 2019. © Marcus Coblyn / Greenpeace In any workplace, there are always some people whom you know better than others. Kara has been with Greenpeace…
‘A global win but a domestic disappointment’: Australia misses crucial milestone for Global Ocean Treaty at UNGA
CANBERRA/NEW YORK, Saturday 20 September 2025 – The Albanese government “hasn’t missed the boat but had better start swimming” after it failed to meet a crucial milestone in the landmark…
The Childhood Vaccine Schedule May Soon Change. Here’s What to Know
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine advisory committee voted to stop recommending the combination vaccine protecting against measles, mumps, rubella, and chickenpox for children under the age of 4, indefinitely postponed…
Solar and batteries had a record-setting, grid-stabilizing summer in Texas
This analysis and news roundup comes from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. Solar generated more power than it ever has before on Texas’…
Pet adoption brings companionship and purpose to empty nesters
For many Canadians, the “empty nest” stage of life brings a touch of quiet. For some parents, this new chapter brings freedom, but for others it can also bring loneliness.…