Tag Archives: business

OTTAWA - The head of Via Rail repeatedly told MPs a train delay over the Labour Day long weekend was an isolated incident, despite a similar event two years ago. Mario Ploquin appeared in front of a p...

FREDERICTON - A quick look at some of the issues in the New Brunswick election campaign: HEALTH CARE Conservatives: introduce "incremental improvements" Liberals: open 30 community-care clinics Greens...

VANCOUVER - An agreement between First Nations and the British Columbia government will see thousands of homes made available in Vancouver at 40-per-cent below cost. Premier David Eby calls it a "rema...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's ethics commissioner has found an NDP cabinet minister was in the wrong for failing to disclose a business contract with the government but is not recommending a penalty. Commissi...

Oil and gas production hikes and rebounding air travel put a drag on Canada's climate progress last year, but a new report says the country was still able to make a modest cut to its planet-warming em...

MONTREAL - After years fighting against the opening of a mining project with ties to the Pentagon, Louis Saint-Hilaire is breathing a sigh of relief. That's because this week, the Quebec government re...

CALGARY - Canada's oilsands industry remains under pressure to reduce its greenhouse gas footprint, even as companies have clamped down on public communications in the wake of new anti-greenwashing le...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government's $8.6-billion plan to fast-track building new schools will include a pilot project to incentivize private ones. Smith said the ultimate g...

Federal legislation introduced Wednesday aims to give the fire-ravaged Rocky Mountain town of Jasper, Alta., full authority over local land planning and development instead of Parks Canada. Environmen...

VANCOUVER - Supervised injection sites are saving the lives of drug users everyday, but the same support is not being offered to people who inhale illicit drugs, the head of the BC Centre for Excellen...