Tag Archives: Environment
At sprawling San Fran APEC summit, Canada opts for more intimate, one-on-one approach
SAN FRANCISCO - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau embraced a more intimate form of Pacific Rim diplomacy Thursday as he sat down with several world leaders on the margins of a sprawling international summ...
Nov 16, 2023
Carbon price carve-out for heating oil muddied waters in Senate on other bill: Simons
OTTAWA - A Conservative private member's bill to exempt more fuel used by farmers from the carbon price is stirring up intense lobbying efforts in the Senate, and leaving the Liberals on the verge of ...
Nov 15, 2023
Poll suggests widespread dissatisfaction with Trudeau government
OTTAWA - Almost two in three Canadians have a negative impression of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and half want him to resign before the next election, a new survey suggests. While affordability, hou...
Nov 15, 2023
Trudeau arrives in Golden State for APEC summit in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau focused on old friendships and newfangled paths to affordability Wednesday as he touched down in California for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summ...
Nov 15, 2023
P.A. tops Canada for cocaine/meth load in wastewater
In a dubious first place finish, recently released numbers from Statistics Canada show Prince Albert having the highest amount of certain drugs in municipal wastewater in Canada. Three separate graphs...
Nov 14, 2023
Trudeau, Eby announce $1-billion battery plant in Maple Ridge, B.C.
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. - A billion-dollar battery cell production plant in Maple Ridge, B.C., will produce up to 135 million batteries each year as part of Canada's push toward clean technology, Prime Mini...
Nov 14, 2023
Quebec to improve forest fire adaptation after record-beating wildfire season
Quebec's forest fire prevention agency says the area burned by wildfires this year was greater than the previous 20 years combined. SOPFEU director general ric Rousseau told reporters today that some ...
Nov 14, 2023
Guilbeault, Poilievre trade barbs over carbon price exemption bill for farmers
OTTAWA - A private member's bill that would create another carbon-pricing carve-out has Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault accusing Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre of having no "moral decency...
Nov 14, 2023
Biden, Xi early headliners as leaders gather in California for Asia-Pacific summit
SAN FRANCISCO - Its 21 member economies represent nearly three billion people and 62 per cent of the world's GDP, generating US$30 trillion in global trade last year alone. But on Wednesday, the annua...
Nov 14, 2023
The carbon price is now off home heating oil — but the cost of oil is still high
OTTAWA - Draft regulations removing the carbon price from home heating oil are now in effect, Finance Canada confirmed Friday, but the change will do little to ease affordability woes for Canadians wh...
Nov 10, 2023