Tag Archives: Environment

OTTAWA - The Green Party is decrying a 60-day sentence handed to its deputy leader today for her role in old growth logging protests on Vancouver Island. Angela Davidson, also known as Rainbow Eyes, w...

HALIFAX - After last summer's heat waves, deadly floods and record-breaking wildfires, some scientists are urging Canadian health professionals to help their patients better prepare for climate change...

WINNIPEG - A Manitoba First Nation that has suffered from chronic flooding is suing three levels of government for failing to provide adequate protection over decades. Peguis First Nation filed a stat...

TORONTO - Ontario's environment ministry has ordered a Sarnia-area chemical company to get its benzene emissions under control after a neighbouring First Nation raised concerns. Aamjiwnaang First Nati...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe on Wednesday that the Canada Revenue Agency is "very, very good" at getting the money it's owed. "Having an argument with C...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's opposition parties are dismissing a government survey that they say fails to address the primary question of whether coastal property owners want a law protecting the province'...

OTTAWA - A First Nation in southern Ontario has a simple message for the delegates who are gathered in Ottawa this week to negotiate a treaty to curb plastic waste around the world: don't leave us out...

OTTAWA - Mother Nature delivered a typical spring day Wednesday in Ottawa, with a morning of light drizzle fading into afternoon sunshine, near-freezing temperatures - and thousands of grams of plasti...

It's almost hunting season. Saskatchewan's Big Game Draw opens May 1, and applications will be accepted until the end of that month. Environment Minister Christine Tell said the draw is always an exci...

TORONTO - The $5-billion announced for an Indigenous loan guarantee program in last week's budget is just a start, said Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland. "Nothing would make me happier than see...