Parents, teachers, students want more climate change education, poll shows
A national poll shows Canadians are more engaged and eager to improve the ways we teach and learn about how to deal with climate change.
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‘Yes and’: Assembly of First Nations votes to release money for child welfare survivors, return to negotiating table with feds
The Assembly of First Nations voted to press Canada on immediately sending promised funds to survivors of the child-welfare system and agreed to return to the negotiating table on system reforms and additional compensation.
Trudeau comes up against criticism reaching for ‘forefront’ of Indigenous-led conservation
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s opening speech at COP15 was interrupted by a group of Indigenous protesters playing drums and singing “Canada is on native land” and “climate leaders don’t build pipelines.”
Nova Scotia unveils new climate plan, but keeps eyes on coal, gold and LNG
Nova Scotia has set out 68 climate goals, including plans to reduce oil heating in homes and buildings, upgrade dikeland to prevent flooding and expand electric vehicle charging stations, in its anticipated plan released Wednesday.
New federal funding buoys First Nations' efforts to protect Great Bear Sea
Coastal First Nations striving to protect to B.C.’s Great Bear Sea got a boost after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $800 million in funding for Indigenous-led conservation projects on Wednesday.
Feds table more than $1 billion to protect biodiversity
With the United Nations biodiversity conference in Montreal underway, the federal government is putting over $1 billion on the table for conservation projects led by Indigenous Peoples in Canada and for developing countries.
Military faces calls to return Fortin to duty after acquittal
Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin's acquittal for sexual assault has sparked calls for the senior military officer's immediate return to duty as well as a debate over how the Canadian Armed Forces should deal with troops accused of sexual misconduct in the future.
COVID-19 benefits helped economy rebound, but feds haven't recovered overpayments: AG
Canada's auditor general says COVID-19 benefits were delivered quickly and helped mitigate economic suffering, but the federal government hasn’t done enough to recover billions of dollars in overpayments.
Eby to announce cabinet, sparking speculation about early election
Political pundits are expecting Premier David Eby to appoint new cabinet ministers who have fire in their bellies for the challenging jobs ahead, and the possibility of an early election call.
Cities are 'rewilding' as habitat shrinks
In a bustling metro area of 4.3 million people, Yale University wildlife biologist Nyeema Harris ventures into isolated thickets to study Detroit's most elusive residents — coyotes, foxes, raccoons and skunks among them.
Murray Sinclair to help AFN with conflict resolution
Murray Sinclair, a former senator and commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, will help the Assembly of First Nations with conflict resolution in 2023, national chief RoseAnne Archibald said on Tuesday, December 6, 2022.
Forestry company must pay cost of 2016 wildfire suppression, B.C. court rules
A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has upheld more than $343,000 in cost-recovery fines that were handed to a forestry company for starting a wildfire in 2016.
Quebec to consider bill making oath to King optional for legislators
Quebec's Coalition Avenir Québec government tabled a bill on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, that would make the oath to the monarch optional for members of the provincial legislature.
Hard work begins at Montreal biodiversity conference
Representatives from nearly 200 countries are to begin the real work on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at a crucial meeting on global biodiversity — hard talks on hard targets for saving enough of the world's ecosystems to keep the planet functioning.
MP asks House ethics committee to put ‘unnecessarily rushed’ lobbying rule changes on hold
MPs recently moved to delay proposed changes to the Lobbyists’ Code of Conduct that include reduced cooling-off periods for lobbyists doing political work and more stringent rules for gift-giving.