Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna helped bring more than 25 new governments on board for a Canadian-driven push to power past coal on Thursday at international climate change talks.
To say that Hassan Yussuff was frustrated Wednesday would be putting it politely. “There are other adjectives I will not use," the president of the Canadian Labour Congress told National Observer after hearing the government still has no "just transition" policies lined up for fossil fuel workers who will lose their jobs.
Hackergal says 95 per cent of developers in Canada are men, and in the gaming industry, that number is even higher at 99 per cent. Changing that culture means getting girls interested in coding at an early age, argues this non-profit.
One of the world's largest groups of conservation scientists says Canada's biggest national park is one of the most threatened World Heritage Sites in North America. "This is quite embarrassing," said Melody Lepine of the Mikisew Cree First Nation, many of whose members live alongside the park. "It's not looking good for Canada avoiding an endangered listing for Wood Buffalo."
Led by U.S. Congressman Steve Cohen, a Tennessee liberal and the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, introduced an article of impeachment that targets President Donald Trump.
Ontario took another step on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, on the long road towards cleaning up mercury contamination upstream from the Grassy Narrows First Nation — a community that also wants the federal Liberal government to help generations of residents deal with the toxic aftermath.
