The climate cost of Trump’s tariffs
The tariffs will make everything from heat pumps and solar panels to EVs more expensive.
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Diesel spill at B.C. salmon farm caused by 'human error'
Human error during a fuel transfer at a fish farm has resulted in a spill of up to 8,000 litres of diesel near Zeballos, on the northwest side of Vancouver Island.
Calls for PM Justin Trudeau to resign reach fever pitch as LeBlanc replaces Freeland
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland resigned from cabinet on the day of the fall economic statement and Housing Minister Sean Fraser announced he won't run in the next election
Feds' first post-U.S. election fiscal update drowned out by Freeland resignation
Freeland shocked the political world Monday morning when she announced her sudden resignation from cabinet Monday morning. She said in her resignation letter the only "honest and viable path" was to step down after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told her Friday he was moving her out of the finance portfolio and offering her another role in cabinet.
Cloverdale byelection poses test for Trudeau
Liberal candidate Madison Fleischer, a local business owner, will face Conservative Tamara Jansen who previously held the seat.
Economic update will outline deficit, new border security package
The update is expected to include measures to spur business investment in Canada to respond to Trump's "America first" economic agenda.
Premiers unite as 'Team Canada' over tariffs, while Trudeau's Liberals self-destruct
The meeting of the 13 premiers, chaired by Ford, took place the same day as Chrystia Freeland resigned as federal finance minister, before she was set to present her government's fall economic statement.
Justin Trudeau's cabinet meets and housing minister Sean Fraser announces he won't run again
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is holding a cabinet meeting this morning ahead of the release of his government's fall economic statement.
Canada Post employees head back to work on Tuesday
Mail will begin moving again on Tuesday as Canada Post employees return to work for the first time in more than a month after the federal government pushed to end the stoppage.
Low-income renters in Toronto counting on maximum heat policy before summer
For Fariza Sultany, climate change isn’t just a global crisis — it’s a visceral reality within the walls of her sweltering Toronto apartment. Barred from installing air-conditioning at home, she survives the hottest summer days by fleeing to public air-conditioned spaces and taking cold showers.
Social media is a growing vehicle for climate misinformation
Research shows that social media influencers can shape climate denialism around the world.
FortisBC ups gas prices by 20 per cent: shift to 'renewable' gas partly to blame
British Columbia's gas utility is hiking its prices nearly 20 per cent, in part to help cover the cost of a climate plan that will do little to reduce the province’s harmful emissions or use of fossil-based natural gas.
New protected area in BC gives wildlife safe passage between mountains
Geddes Creek is adjacent to Kootenay National Park and just east of the Columbia mountains and Purcell Wilderness Conservancy. This piece of land is an important piece of the Radium wildlife corridor.
Federal environment minister under fire for Alberta coal mine expansion
Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is catching flak from opposition MPs after Canada’s Impact Assessment Agency decided a massive thermal coal mine expansion in Alberta does not require a federal assessment.
BC NDP and Greens ink new deal to stave off provincial Conservatives
The BC NDP Government and Green Party have hashed out new confidence and supply agreement focused on common ground rather than points of contention to bolster the NDP’s slim margin in the legislature after the recent election.