Tag Archives: Environment
NDP to back Tory motion calling for carbon price off all heat sources
OTTAWA - The New Democrats intend to back the Conservatives on a motion to pull the carbon price off all home heating until after the next election, NDP House Leader Peter Julian said Thursday. "The r...
Nov 02, 2023
Carbon pricing in Canada: What it is, what it costs and why you get a rebate
OTTAWA - Canada has had a national price on pollution since 2019, but the policy remains a political battleground - and Opposition Conservatives made clear Wednesday they intend to fight the next elec...
Nov 01, 2023
Poilievre challenges Trudeau to lift carbon tax off all heating until next election
OTTAWA - The Conservatives moved Wednesday to make carbon pricing the ballot box question in the next federal election, seizing on public anxiety about affordability and seeing a crack in the Liberal ...
Nov 01, 2023
Saskatchewan gas utility could face steep fines and jail for not remitting carbon tax
REGINA - Saskatchewan's natural gas utility could face hefty fines for not remitting the carbon tax to the federal government, and its executives may also face jail for failing to do so, federal legis...
Nov 01, 2023
Third First Nation wants use of Jasper National Park, saying they were evicted
A third First Nation wants Parks Canada to give its members increased access, including limited hunting rights, to Jasper National Park, saying they were evicted when it was created in western Alberta...
Oct 31, 2023
'Absolutely not': No more carve-outs when it comes to carbon pricing, Trudeau says
There will be no further carbon price carve-outs, including for natural gas, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday, as criticism of his decision to temporarily exempt home heating oil from the po...
Oct 31, 2023
Eby says B.C. deserves heating bill relief, too, after federal tax on fuel oil paused
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says it's unfair that Atlantic Canada is being targeted for federal relief on heating bills that won't apply to B.C., after Ottawa announced a three-year ...
Oct 30, 2023
Spooky harvest: Droughts, heavy rain create challenge for Canada's pumpkin season
FREDERICTON - Extreme weather caused by climate change - droughts followed by heavy rains - wreaked havoc with the pumpkin harvest across Canada this year. Nova Scotia pumpkin farmer Danny Dill said t...
Oct 30, 2023
Poilievre calls on Liberals to exempt all forms of home heating from carbon price
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberals to exempt all forms of home heating from the carbon price, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a temporary exemption ...
Oct 30, 2023
First Nations chief guilty of illegally shooting moose in game preserve
When David Sandfly, Chief of the Big Island Lake Cree Nation, shot and killed a bull moose in the Pierceland area north of Meadow Lake, he was breaking the law. Provincial Court Judge Michael Segu rul...
Oct 27, 2023