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Nova Scotia

‘I thought it was a piece of plastic’: Rare blue frog spotted by hiker near Oxford

A Nova Scotian foraging for mushrooms this month inadvertently stumbled across something much more rare — a blue frog.  Jacinthe…

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Politics

Plastic pollution is the new front in the culture war

Last week, Lianne Rood decided to take a stand. Appearing in a video recorded outside a Tim Horton’s restaurant in…

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Politics

The world is struggling with plastic pollution — Canada is no exception

As thousands of delegates meet in Ottawa this week to work toward a global treaty on curbing plastic waste, the…

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Business

Coke, Pepsi top list in global count of plastic waste

A new study documenting the scourge of plastic waste around the world has found that more than half of branded…

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Politics

Ottawa wants to find how much plastic producers are making, and where it ends up

Plastic producers will be required to detail the quantity and type of plastic they put into the Canadian market under…

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Politics

Can we end plastic pollution? Negotiators land in Ottawa this week to work on a global treaty

A key week of negotiations kicks off Tuesday, as representatives from 176 countries descend on Ottawa to tackle global challenges…

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Tech

When you drink bottled water, you’re drinking lots and lots of plastic particles

The average litre of bottled water has nearly a quarter million pieces of ever-so-tiny nanoplastics, detected and categorized for the…

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Tech

Frazzled by all the plastic packaging on your produce?

Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This weekly newsletter is part of a CBC News initiative entitled “Our…

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Politics

Judge says Ottawa listing plastic items as toxic was ‘unreasonable and unconstitutional’

A Federal Court judge has ruled that a federal government decision to list plastic items as toxic was “unreasonable and…

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Politics

Supermarkets are being asked to cut plastic waste. What would that look like?

Faced with a rising tide of plastic waste, the federal government is pursuing a plan to get supermarkets to cut down…

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