Tag Archives: Environment
Financial institutions, businesses see a role in preserving biodiversity at COP15
MONTREAL - A number of business groups and financial institutions say they want to play a role in promoting biodiversity and hope a new UN biodiversity treaty will require some companies to disclose t...
Dec 08, 2022
From urinal mats to unicorns, cargo from 2021 spill still washes up on B.C. shores
When Jill Laviolette started picking debris off Cape Palmerston beach on Vancouver Island following the container spill from the MV Zim Kingston freighter, the inflatable dinosaur and unicorn toys she...
Dec 08, 2022
Trudeau says 120 countries are ready to agree to '30 by 30' framework at COP15
MONTREAL - As negotiations officially began at the COP15 UN nature talks in Montreal Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said almost two-thirds of the countries at the table have already agreed t...
Dec 07, 2022
Canada commits $800 million to support Indigenous-led conservation projects
MONTREAL - Ottawa will spend up to $800 million to support four major Indigenous-led conservation projects across the country covering nearly one million square kilometres of land and water, Prime Min...
Dec 07, 2022
Alberta, Saskatchewan chiefs call for sovereignty acts to be withdrawn
OTTAWA - First Nations chiefs from Alberta and Saskatchewan are calling for their provinces to toss proposed legislation they say is inherently undemocratic, unconstitutional and infringes on Indigeno...
Dec 07, 2022
Visa issues at COP15 biodiversity summit in Montreal could stem from UN delays
OTTAWA - The COP15 conference on biodiversity loss is underway in Montreal, but hundreds of delegates from developing countries are missing out due to visa issues that could stem from the United Natio...
Dec 07, 2022
Developed countries called on to provide meaningful financial support at COP15
MONTREAL - Hard talks on hard targets for saving the world's biodiversity began Wednesday at an international conference in Montreal, with calls for rich nations to pony up to save functioning ecosyst...
Dec 07, 2022
Finance minister replaced in B.C. cabinet shuffle that blends old, new
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby unveiled a new-look cabinet Wednesday that elevates several first-time ministers to prominent positions, retains veterans in long-held posts and moves the...
Dec 07, 2022
Nature 'under attack' says Trudeau as UN biodiversity conference opens in Montreal
MONTREAL - In the 73 minutes on Tuesday afternoon that it took for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and five other dignitaries to officially open the 15th global talks to save nature from human destructi...
Dec 06, 2022
Canada 'watching closely' as Biden pressed to fix Inflation Reduction Act 'glitches'
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that Canada will be "watching closely" as the United States responds to complaints from Europe about the North American protectionism built into ...
Dec 05, 2022