Moderna to build vaccine production facility in Montreal area
American vaccine maker Moderna is to announce today, April 29, 2022, it plans to build its promised Canadian production facility in Montreal.
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Canada counts fewer than 10 'unusual' childhood hepatitis cases
All 17 pediatric hospitals across Canada are looking out for an "unusual" childhood liver disease, but the number of possible cases under review remains in the single digits, British Columbia's provincial health officer said on Thursday, April 28, 2022.
Conservative MP Scott Aitchison enters federal leadership race
The Conservative Party of Canada is now up to six contenders who are officially in the running for Erin O'Toole's former job.
'Rolling Thunder' motorcycle convoy expected to draw hundreds to downtown Ottawa
There's fencing on Parliament Hill, an exclusion zone around several blocks downtown and hundreds of extra police officers on call as Ottawa braces for the arrival of "Rolling Thunder" motorcyclists on Friday, April 29, 2022, afternoon.
Feds enshrine right to healthy environment but what does it mean?
More than five years after being told it should enshrine the right to a healthy environment in its environmental protection act, the federal government is moving to do it.
India's record-shattering heat wave will harm food production
An unusually early, record−shattering heat wave in India has reduced wheat yields, raising questions about how the country will balance its domestic needs with ambitions to increase exports and make up for shortfalls due to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
What we can learn about power dynamics from elephant seals
The “living soap opera” of breeding season offers an evolutionary window into group power hierarchies in the wild.
Ocean advocates call for closure of capelin fishery in N.L.
The oily and quick-growing species are a fundamental part of the North Atlantic Ocean food chain and ecosystem. They’re also overfished.
Court ruling doesn’t sink Ottawa’s decision to close Discovery Islands salmon farms, critics say
A recent Federal Court ruling to set aside a decision to phase out salmon farms in the Discovery Islands doesn't necessarily mean the issue is dead in the water, say First Nations and environmentalists.
Students overlooked again in Ontario budget as election looms
The affordability of life has shrunk most drastically for young people due to inflation and job precarity or loss, including the post-secondary students whom Ontario’s provincial budget pitches as a pipeline of job-ready graduates in its pre-election budget.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s budget scant on plans for climate, environment
Ontario Premier Doug Ford promised to sink more than $25 billion into building highways over the next 10 years as the Progressive Conservative government tabled its budget Thursday.
Are ‘climate’ and ‘environment’ dirty words in Doug Ford’s Ontario?
Ontario’s budget is perhaps most notable for what isn’t contained within its 268 pages.
B.C. to share more forestry wealth with First Nations in reconciliation move
First Nations in British Columbia will receive a $63 million increase in forestry income this year under the development of a new revenue-sharing model that Indigenous leaders say is an encouraging move toward even higher shares in the future.
Committee to review secret lab documents — with or without Tories
The federal Liberals are moving ahead on a special all-party, security-cleared committee to review documents related to the firing of two scientists from the national microbiology laboratory — even if the Conservatives continue to rebuff the plan.
Better wildfire management a good way for Canada to cut emissions
Research published in the journal Science Advances on Wednesday found wildfires in North American boreal forests could represent about three per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions under the Paris Climate Agreement’s budget to limit warming below 1.5 C.