Mike De Souza
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News, Energy, Politics
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December 9th 2016
Stephanie Peltier says her daughter flooded her with questions after being told she couldn’t drink the water in their community, the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve, in northern Ontario.
U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to be a defender of the international "rules of the road" to help shepherd the world through a period of deep uncertainty.
Cenovus Energy is going ahead with an expansion of its Christina Lake oilsands project, making it the second oilsands development in as many months to be reactivated.
"It doesn't make any sense for the first ministers to consider solutions and decide on solutions on our behalf without us in the room," Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami's president said.
Prime Minister Trudeau is sitting down with premiers to finalize a national plan on climate change, followed by a heated debate over health care funding.
"I think Rachel Notley did the right thing," Clark said in a conference call with reporters. "I know it takes courage to come to a place where people may not be happy with the decision."
The Senate spending scandal dragged to a close Thursday as the upper chamber abandoned plans to sue a group of former senators to recoup questionable travel, office and housing expenses.
