Tag Archives: Environment
Assembly of First Nations climate strategy seeks collaboration between governments
OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations launched its new national climate strategy in Ottawa on Wednesday, calling on federal, provincial and territorial governments to work with First Nations to imple...
Oct 18, 2023
Caribbean seek Ottawa's help in global financial reforms to fight climate change
OTTAWA - Caribbean leaders are asking Canada to ramp up its advocacy for reforming global financial institutions so that smaller states can tackle climate change. They are also hoping an international...
Oct 18, 2023
Supreme Court opinion doesn't change plans to regulate oil, gas emissions: Guilbeault
OTTAWA - Regulations to cap greenhouse-gas emissions from oil and gas production will be published later this fall, and they won't be affected by a recent Supreme Court of Canada decision striking dow...
Oct 17, 2023
Parks Canada signs agreement with First Nations, opens door to harvesting in Jasper
Parks Canada and two First Nations have signed an agreement that points to a stronger Indigenous voice in national parks management and opens the door to harvesting in western Alberta's Jasper Nationa...
Oct 17, 2023
Feds, two Atlantic premiers agree to 'modified' Atlantic Loop project
OTTAWA - Nova Scotia and New Brunswick scaled back plans for the Atlantic Loop electricity grid Monday to expanding just one existing connection between their two provinces, rather than also building ...
Oct 16, 2023
Experts weigh impact from Supreme Court ruling on other federal environmental moves
Some legal experts say a Supreme Court of Canada ruling that found much of Ottawa's environmental assessment law unconstitutional will have no impact on other federal moves such as clean electricity r...
Oct 16, 2023
Montreal mayor joins mayors of New York, Paris on UN sustainability advisory group
Montreal Mayor Valrie Plante has joined a new United Nations group to help local and regional governments implement the organization's sustainable development plan. The Advisory Group on Local and Reg...
Oct 16, 2023
Suncor CEO says company committed to decarbonization, is accused of greenwashing
OTTAWA - Suncor remains totally committed to eliminating its carbon footprint in less than three decades, the company's CEO said Monday on Parliament Hill. But Rich Kruger was accused by some MPs of g...
Oct 16, 2023
More than 50 Indigenous fish harvesters in the Maritimes charged or on trial: Ottawa
HALIFAX - Three years after a First Nation started a self-regulated lobster fishery that sparked protests and violence in Nova Scotia, federal prosecutors are pressing ahead with charges against dozen...
Oct 15, 2023
Cloud breaks bring cheers from partial solar eclipse watchers at B.C. observatory
SAANICH, B.C. - Cheers greeted the brief cloud breaks that gave more than 100 people gathered at an astrophysical observatory site near Victoria, B.C., a peak at Saturday's partial solar eclipse. Fog ...
Oct 14, 2023