Murray Wood: Trump attacked Iran with no plan
It's been two weeks of mixed messaging from Donald Trump on the U.S. and Israeli war with Iran. Murray Wood wants to kno...
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Colombia police, military raid illegal gold mining operation
MAGUI PAYAN, Colombia - From the air, the illegal gold mines look like wounds in the dense jungle of southern Colombia - scars of red, gray and brown dirt surrounding toxic ponds. The sound of the pol...
Apr 23, 2021
Risk experts say climate change to take big chunk of Canadian economy by 2050
Canada will be more than $100 billion poorer by 2050 if the world doesn't work harder to fight climate change, says one of the world's largest insurers. That anticipated drop in GDP is much higher tha...
Apr 22, 2021
Trudeau pledges to cut emissions by 40 to 45 per cent by 2030, short of U.S. goal
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising to slash Canada's greenhouse gas emissions by 40 to 45 per cent over the next nine years, but without specifics on how to meet the more ambitious go...
Apr 22, 2021
Coming G7, climate meetings will be 'pivotal,' says Goodale, Canada's new rep in U.K.
OTTAWA - A meeting of G7 leaders this spring and one involving scores of global delegates intent on tackling climate change later this year are going to be pivotal events for the reeling international...
Apr 21, 2021
Council in Alberta environment minister's town wants better coal consultation
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE, Alta. - A town council in Alberta Environment Minister Jason Nixon's backyard wants broader consultation over the government's plans for open-pit coal mining in the Rocky Mountai...
Apr 21, 2021
Behind production of a top-selling bourbon, push to go green
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The process of making fine whiskey involves aging spirits to a golden brown, but a bourbon producing giant is going green along the way. Beam Suntory, producer of top-selling Jim Bea...
Apr 21, 2021
Trudeau pressured to adopt tougher emissions target for Biden climate summit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is under pressure to step up his commitment to cutting greenhouse gas emissions in Canada within the next decade as he heads into a United States-hosted climate ...
Apr 21, 2021
Federal Budget 2021: Liberals focus on clean technology for climate spending
OTTAWA - Pushing the private sector to develop clean technology - and heavy emitters to adopt it - is where billions in new money will flow from the Liberals' 2021 budget pledge unveiled Monday to tac...
Apr 19, 2021
Alberta legislature turns down Opposition request to debate bill to protect Rockies
EDMONTON - The Alberta legislature has turned down a request for a special debate on an Opposition bill intended to protect the province's Rocky Mountains from coal mining. The refusal from United Con...
Apr 19, 2021
'It's more than just a fish:' Scientists worry cod will never come back in N.L.
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The latest assessment of Atlantic cod stocks, whose collapse crushed the economy of Newfoundland and Labrador, has scientists worried the species will never recover without drastic ...
Apr 18, 2021
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8:30 - There's a lot going on in the world and in Canada. We're keeping a close eye on the Liberal government following ...