Evan Bray: Canadians deserve more than vague explanations over poor trade results
Canadians elected Prime Minister Mark Carney to office to handle trade tensions between Canada and the U.S. Evan Bray sa...
Tag Archives: Environment
Feds launch nuclear-waste strategy review amid elusive solutions for toxic waste
TORONTO - The federal government has launched a new initiative aimed at finding long-term solutions for the growing quantity of radioactive waste produced by Canada's nuclear reactors. To that end, th...
Nov 17, 2020
'Not good': Ocean advocacy group criticizes Canadian fishery management in audit
HALIFAX - Only about 25 per cent of Canada's fish populations are considered healthy and the federal government is missing data on more than one-third of the country's fisheries, according to an ocean...
Nov 17, 2020
Goodall backs senator's proposed law to protect captive animals, ban elephant ivory
OTTAWA - Sen. Murray Sinclair has teamed up with primatologist Jane Goodall to propose a law to protect captive animals and ban imports of elephant ivory and hunting trophies into Canada. "I'm introdu...
Nov 17, 2020
Quebec to ban sale of gas-powered cars by 2035 as part of $6.7-billion climate plan
MONTREAL - Quebec will ban the sale of new, gasoline-powered cars and SUVs by the year 2035 as part of a $6.7-billion plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Premier Francois Legault announced Monday...
Nov 16, 2020
RCMP surveillance, searches breached anti-fracking protesters' rights, watchdog says
OTTAWA - The RCMP watchdog has uncovered shortcomings with the national force's crowd-control measures, physical searches and collection of social media information while policing anti-fracking protes...
Nov 12, 2020
Transit lobby group says electrifying Canada's bus fleets needs $3 billion a year
OTTAWA - A green-transit lobby group says electrifying Canada's fleet of public transit buses will take a lot more money than Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised in his big infrastructure announcem...
Nov 11, 2020
Study finds climate-changing methane emissions from oilpatch twice as high as thought
Emissions of a potent greenhouse gas from Canada's oilpatch are nearly twice as high as previously thought, says newly published federal research. The findings on methane from Environment Canada resea...
Nov 11, 2020
Yukon government says it doesn't support U.S. permit for exploration in Arctic
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government says it does not support a permit for an oil drilling exploration project in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, although experts fear the United States ad...
Nov 10, 2020
President-elect's long to-do list to include repairing damaged Canada-U. S. ties
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Joe Biden's to-do list just got a whole lot longer - and it's a safe bet it now includes patching the holes in Canada's relationship with the United States. Biden has more pressing ...
Nov 09, 2020
Whales and other marine mammals susceptible to COVID-19 through wastewater: study
HALIFAX - Humans first caught the virus that causes COVID-19 from animals and research now suggests it could also be the other way around. A study published Monday in the journal Science of the Total ...
Nov 09, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Who would want to head up Canada Post?
Sarah Mills says the federal government is on the search for a new CEO to head up the mail service to bring success to a...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, September 9
On Wednesday's show, Evan gets an update on the harvest in Saskatchewan. Plus, a discussion about whether Canada should ...