Internal network breached in Governor General's office
The Office of the Secretary to Gov. Gen. Mary Simon has confirmed its internal network was breached through unauthorized access.
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Three years after a landmark report, it’s logging as usual in Nova Scotia’s forests
Only five of 45 recommendations on how to improve forestry practices in the province have been implemented since the Lahey report came out in 2018.
Aussie spy agency saw climate crisis coming 40 years ago — and fretted about its coal cash
In a taste of things to come, a secret Office of National Assessment report worried the "carbon dioxide problem" would hurt the nation’s coal industry.
B.C.’s at-risk old growth still on the chopping block
At least 50,000 hectares of the at-risk forest identified by the province for logging deferrals — an area four times the size of Vancouver — is already approved for logging, has approvals pending or may already be cut down, says the Wilderness Committee.
Hundreds of academics condemn RCMP, governments over Coastal GasLink crisis in open letter
Hundreds of academics have signed an open letter calling for government intervention in the wake of RCMP enforcement of an injunction granted to Coastal GasLink to build a pipeline through unceded Wet’suwet’en territory.
Jason Kenney hires legal counsel after environmentalists threaten defamation lawsuit
The Alberta government has hired a private law firm to defend Premier Jason Kenney after environmental groups threatened him with a defamation lawsuit.
The great tree robbery
As more old-growth trees topple and forest industry jobs plummet, an obscure government subsidy scheme fuels the collapse.
COVID found in three Quebec deer
For the first time, the COVID-19 virus has been detected in Canadian wildlife.
Interim leader Amita Kuttner about to get tough on Green Party infighting
Amita Kuttner, the new interim Green leader, says they will be ready to take tough disciplinary action to deal with party members who "have been at each other's throats."
Not all Canadian airports prepared for new COVID testing regime
Not all Canadian airports will have the capacity to immediately begin testing arriving air travellers from countries other than the United States for COVID-19, the federal health minister said on Wednesday, December 1, 2021 .
Canadians stuck in South Africa as flights cancelled
Megan Tanya Hodgkinson was visiting relatives in South Africa last week when Canada imposed travel restrictions on several African countries after scientists detected a new variant of the novel coronavirus.
EVs and softwood lumber sticking points in Canada-U.S. trade talks
Canada's trade minister has headed back to the U.S. capital for discussions on festering trade irritants, just two weeks after joining Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on his visit to the White House.
Indigenous leaders say a month is not enough to decide fate of B.C. old growth
Indigenous leaders and experts in British Columbia outlined their concerns on Wednesday, December 1, 2021, over the provincial government's process to defer logging in old-growth forests, while underscoring the urgency to preserve at-risk ecosystems.
Weather expert says B.C.'s fires and floods line up with climate change
Flood warnings were issued on Wednesday, December 1, 2021, for several major rivers in British Columbia as a federal scientist says record-setting rainfall and alpine temperatures are consistent with climate change.
Conservatives help fast-track the government's conversion therapy ban
Canada's House of Commons erupted into a scene of cheers and cross-party hugs on Wednesday, December 1, 2021, as MPs unanimously adopted a motion presented by a Conservative MP to fast-track the passage of a Liberal government bill banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ Canadians.