Sarah Mills: I don't want to live in a world where people are shot for their opinions
Sarah Mills says she was no follower of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, but the idea that people are being killed ov...
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Nova Scotia landowners can say no to uranium exploration on their properties: deputy
HALIFAX - Private landowners in Nova Scotia whose properties were recently identified for potential uranium exploration can say no to work proceeding, says a provincial deputy minister. However, Karen...
May 28, 2025
Government moves to purge consumer carbon pricing from law
OTTAWA - The federal government moved on Tuesday to purge consumer carbon pricing from law, effectively putting an end to what was once the keystone of the Liberals' climate policy. In a notice of mot...
May 27, 2025
Chiefs in Nova Scotia say province needs to improve consultation on natural resources
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia Assembly of Mi'kmaw Chiefs says the provincial government needs to do a better job of consultation as it pushes to develop the province's natural resources. Chief Tamara Youn...
May 27, 2025
Dr. Oz offers to relocate B.C. ostriches facing cull, but owners decline help
The operators of an ostrich farm in southeastern British Columbia say United States health official and former television personality Dr. Mehmet Oz has offered to save the birds from an impending cull...
May 27, 2025
B.C. orders Hobo Hot Spring restored, as new fence blocks off public use
The British Columbia government has ordered the restoration of free natural hot spring pools that were mysteriously filled with dirt and boulders last fall. The government had launched an investigatio...
May 27, 2025
Union says CFIA staff facing intimidation and threats over planned B.C. ostrich cull
The head of the union representing Canadian Food Inspection Agency workers says they have faced "intimidation and threats" amid heightened rhetoric since a Federal Court ruling upheld an order to cull...
May 26, 2025
Road, rail and mine blockades could be on horizon over Ontario mining bill: Chiefs
TORONTO - Road, rail and mine blockades could be on the horizon as First Nations ratchet up pressure on the Ontario government to kill a proposed bill that seeks to speed up large mining projects in t...
May 26, 2025 Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to media at Queen’s Park in Toronto, on Thursday, April 3, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Laura Proctor
Snowy owl's threatened status an "alarm bell" for a changing Arctic, scientist says
MONTREAL - A scientific committee's decision to assess the snowy owl as threatened is yet another concerning sign of the changes shaping Canada's Arctic, two experts say. The Committee on the Status o...
May 25, 2025
B.C. Greens, NDP working constructively despite challenges, accord updates say
VICTORIA - New Democrats in British Columbia under Premier David Eby and the provincial Greens say an agreement between the two parties has yielded challenges, but the two sides are committed to keep ...
May 23, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asks CFIA to reconsider ostrich cull at B.C. farm
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has written a letter to the president of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency asking that ostriches at a B.C. farm be spared from a planned cull. Kennedy, the U.S. secretary for h...
May 23, 2025
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