Tag Archives: Environment

CALGARY - The federal government is launching a new set of consultations with Indigenous groups that will determine if and how they might take part in ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline and...

VANCOUVER - Opponents of a natural gas pipeline in northwestern British Columbia say they believe protests across the country are sparking a growing awareness of Indigenous rights that will lead to lo...

Anti-pipeline protesters were served Sunday with a court injunction ordering them to stop blocking access to four ports in the Vancouver area, marking the latest development in what has become a natio...

EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta's new Montreal trade office will be just one part of a renewed push in the coming months to strengthen ties and find common ground with Quebec. "...

CALGARY - Alberta's environment minister says Ottawa shouldn't think it can use federal aid as a bargaining tool to determine the fate of a proposed Frontier oilsands mine. The federal cabinet ha...

OTTAWA - Expanding the Trans Mountain pipeline will now cost at least $12.6 billion - up from a three-year-old estimate of $7.4 billion on a project Finance Minister Bill Morn...

OTTAWA - Research measuring the effort of climate change on bees suggests they are only half as likely to be found in areas where they were once common. "Things are just getting way too hot for t...

OTTAWA - The mayors of Canada's biggest cities are pressing the federal government for immediate money to address climate change, as well as a promise of predictable transit funding down the tracks. F...

WINNIPEG - There's renewed talk of transporting western oil through the northern Manitoba port in Churchill, but any such project is likely to run into opposition from environmentalists and some ...

OTTAWA - Almost $150 million allocated to help protect Canada's oceans has gone unspent by the Trudeau government over the past two years. The Liberals have touted their $1.5-billion oceans protection...