Turkey’s solar boom shines ahead of a UN climate summit but coal and other fossil fuels loom large – Yahoo News Canada

Row after row of solar panels stretches across a vast landscape in the central Turkish province of Konya, turning sunlight into electricity — and helping Turkey, the host of the upcoming U.N. climate summit, spotlight its efforts to expand renewable energy. Still, advocates for robust action on climate change say Turkey's cleaner energy ambitions stand in sharp contrast to its continued reliance on coal. (AP video shot by Emrah Gurel & Mehmet Guzel)
OTTAWA — NASA's first chief economist has been named president of the Canadian Space Agency.
Some GTA Amazon workers are teaming up with Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union, to launch a union drive. CBC’s Tyler Cheese explains how they're hoping to build on a recent union victory in B.C.
“I was doing cartwheels down the street,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Wednesday reacting to U.S. midterm election results dominated by the Democrats. Ford, who once said that Donald Trump could "kiss [his] ass," could hardly contain his excitement at the U.S. president losing his midterm battle — but so far, not the trade war. All tariffs implemented on Canada are through executive order and are unincumbered by Congress. As Global's Mackenzie Gray reports, the trade war could end by finding a deal with the Liberal government with negotiations now in an “intensive phase.”
B.C. teen Noah Perks struggled with undiagnosed mental health challenges for years. A crisis eventually got him proper care. Now, he turned his survival into an advocacy, to break the stigma around men's mental health and calling on early intervention before someone hits rock bottom.
OTTAWA — In 1985, Canadian athlete and activist Rick Hansen embarked on a historic world tour, wheeling more than 40,000 kilometres across 34 countries to promote inclusion and tackle barriers for people with disabilities.
In 1985, Canadian athlete and activist Rick Hansen embarked on a historic world tour, wheeling more than 40,000 kilometres across 34 countries to promote inclusion and tackle barriers for people with disabilities. More than 40 years later, he says progress has been made but that there’s still much more work to do. (Nov. 4, 2026)
The new reeve of an Interlake community might have to excuse himself from future decisions about the expansion of two quarries because he's currently suing the municipality over it.
A group of Amazon employees packed a hall in Scarborough on Wednesday to launch an organizing drive across fulfillment centres in the Greater Toronto Area with the help of Canada's largest private sector union.
Grab the umbrella, Atlantic Canada, because this weekend is going to be wet. Some areas are potentially in line to see as much as 75-80 mm of rainfall, or more.
Court documents say the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal is not taking action after the City of Richmond referred an allegedly discriminatory election image to the tribunal. The filings, entered into the B.C. Supreme Court registry last week, are the latest development in a court battle between real estate professional Jason Liu and the City of Richmond following a controversial social media post made in the summer.
You might have seen dozens of dead salmon down by Humber or Credit rivers in recent weeks. As this biology professor explains, it could be a sign of a thriving environment after this fall’s salmon run.
There are questions about a company that was endorsed by the former B.C. NDP government and was the recipient of hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars. "Track and Trace" was heralded as a game changer in determining toxic substances and trends in illegal drug distribution. But as Rumina Daya tells us in this exclusive report, it is now the subject of a police investigation.
Iren, an Australian tech company, said a bus carrying workers associated with a data centre in Mackenzie, B.C., crashed on Highway 39. Police confirmed that about 20 people have been injured, with several in serious condition. A stretch of the highway south of Mackenzie has partially reopened after being closed for most of the day.
A Winnipeg motorist is facing charges after a school safety patrol student was struck by a vehicle.
Folks in British Columbia are preparing for a shift in the weather pattern as an atmospheric river will soon end a prolonged dry streak with heavy rainfall, substantial alpine snow, and strong winds along the coast.
A new bronze statue honouring Canada's most decorated military aviator, Lt.-Col. William G. Barker, was unveiled at Scrivener Square Park on Yonge Street. The World War I flying ace is being remembered for his military achievements and contributions to Toronto and Canada.
The City of Edmonton’s proposed policing budget guarantees increases for the next four years but leaves little room to grow and update technology to keep up with complex crime, the Edmonton Police Service says.
The remains of a soldier killed in the grass fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta on Oct. 17 have returned to British Columbia. A motorcade escorted the hearse carrying the remains of 23-year-old Pte. Aidan Goulding, from North Vancouver, while dozens of police, firefighters and others lined the roadway to pay their respects. (Nov. 4, 2026)
Alexander MacDonald was named the new president of the Canadian Space Agency late Wednesday evening.
Data from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shows 206 people died from drug usage in the first half of the year – which is on par with 2025, but quite a bit lower than the three years before that.

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