Murray Wood: Hard to know how much confidence to have in the Sask. budget
After last year's Saskatchewan budget went from a tiny surplus to a major deficit, Murray Wood says it's difficult to sa...
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Latest national emissions report shows signs of progress toward Canada's 2030 goal
OTTAWA - Canada's latest greenhouse-gas emissions report shows the country making progress toward meeting its next target in 2030 - but there is still a very long way to go. The 2022 report published ...
May 02, 2024
Ontario suspends chemical plant approval over benzene emissions
TORONTO - Ontario's Ministry of the Environment has ordered a petrochemical facility in Sarnia to suspend its production operations after high benzene emissions, first flagged by a neighbouring First ...
May 01, 2024
B.C's auditor general to review government's response to 2021 Lytton wildfire
LYTTON, B.C. - British Columbia's auditor general says his office is doing a review of the province's response to the 2021 wildfire that devastated the community of Lytton, B.C. Michael Pickup says in...
May 01, 2024
Manitoba First Nation declares state of emergency over flooding-related health crisis
PEGUIS, Man. - A Manitoba First Nation has declared a state of emergency in response to a health crisis caused by repeated flooding. Peguis First Nation says it has endured persistent flooding over th...
May 01, 2024
Trans Mountain pipeline expansion gets green light to open for May 1
CALGARY - The long-awaited Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is complete and the Canada Energy Regulator has given the go-ahead for the project to open. The regulator said Tuesday it has approved the ...
Apr 30, 2024
Alberta to partially fund facility to test geothermal drilling techniques
The Alberta government is helping fund what it says is Canada's first test site for geothermal energy drilling techniques. Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz says the province will spend $750,000 to ...
Apr 30, 2024
'All options still on the table' for limiting plastics production: Guilbeault
OTTAWA - All options to eliminate plastic waste are still on the table in negotiations for a global plastic treaty, including putting legislated caps on how much plastic the world produces in the firs...
Apr 30, 2024
Federal government must track progress toward zero plastic waste goal: audit report
OTTAWA - Most federal programs aimed at reducing plastic waste are working, but the government isn't measuring its progress toward its overall goal of zero plastic waste by 2030, according to a new au...
Apr 30, 2024
Climate change, not habitat loss, may be biggest threat to caribou herds: study
Climate change, not habitat loss, may be the biggest threat to the survival of threatened caribou herds, new research suggests. "We might need to do additional management actions if our goal is to con...
Apr 29, 2024
Ontario to increase health coverage for wildland firefighters
BRANTFORD, Ont. - Ontario says it will give wildland firefighters the same cancer, heart and post-traumatic stress disorder coverage as municipal firefighters. Labour Minister David Piccini says the p...
Apr 29, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Little change in direction from this Saskatchewan budget
It's another deficit budget from the Saskatchewan Party government. The province is promising to be back in a surplus si...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, March 19
8:30 - The Government of Saskatchewan tabled its 2026-27 budget yesterday afternoon. This was a budget focused on health...