World Health Organization backs Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
The world’s leading health organizations are endorsing the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty in an effort to protect public health.
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Liberals, NDP unveil ‘single biggest expansion of public health care in 60 years’
The federal government is pledging a suite of measures to address affordability issues, including a temporary GST rebate hike, a one-time top-up to the Canada Housing Benefit and the long-awaited first phase of Canada’s national dental care plan.
Conservative premiers betray feds with fertilizer disinformation
Days after signing a landmark $2.5-billion deal with the provinces and territories to subsidize Canada's farmers, the federal agriculture minister says she was betrayed by a cadre of conservative premiers.
‘It’s crushing’: California cleans up after mudslide
The muddy damage in Oak Glen and Forest Falls served as a powerful warning to areas burning or facing high fire danger of the damage wildfires can cause months or years after flames are doused.
After fall flooding, Abbotsford banks on new $84.4M water system to help it weather climate storm
The city came "perilously close" to running out of clean drinking water during last November's floods, and it wasn't the first time the problem has arisen.
EU chief proposes cap on electricity company revenues
A top European Union official unveiled on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, a plan to cap the revenues of electricity producing companies that are making extraordinary profits due to the war in Ukraine and climate change, saying the proposal could raise $140 billion to help people hit by spiraling energy prices.
Feds temporary boost to GST rebate will help during high inflation period, economists say
The federal government’s newly announced inflation relief for lower-income Canadians through the GST rebate stacks up as a better policy than some of the cash payments issued by provinces, economists say.
Some Indigenous leaders fear reconciliation talks will be at 'ground zero' with King Charles
Some Indigenous leaders and community members say they're concerned about making progress on reconciliation with King Charles III.
Kenya’s new president pitches ambitious climate plan
Kenya’s newly elected president William Ruto said that climate change will be key to the government's agenda and made an ambitious pledge to ramp up clean energy and phase out fossil fuels for electricity by 2030.
Indigenous Services minister attends funeral at site of Saskatchewan mass killing
The federal minister of Indigenous Services is speaking out after visiting the site of a mass killing in Saskatchewan.
As many as 80 per cent of kids, youth in Lower Mainland B.C. have had COVID, study states
A study co-authored by British Columbia's top doctor says at least 70 to 80 per cent of children and youth in Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley have been infected with COVID-19.
What Poilievre's landslide win means for social conservatives in his party
Pierre Poilievre's crushing win to become leader of the Conservative Party of Canada raises questions about the status and power of the party's social conservatives.
Quebec politicians face 'out of control' intimidation on campaign trail
Gilles Bélanger, a candidate for the Coalition Avenir Québec, recently moved his children and partner out of his house, and he makes sure the doors are always locked.
It’s about dam time beavers get the respect they deserve
It’s rare for rodents to achieve any kind of all-star status; critters like mice, rats, gophers, squirrels, and porcupines have yet to secure their spot as environmental heroes.
Feds can tackle affordability and climate change at the same time, says Steven Guilbeault
As affordability woes dominate the national political conversation, the Liberal environment minister says climate change is linked to cost-of-living concerns and will remain high on the federal government’s agenda.