Lessons learned from the foreign interference inquiry
If one thing from the public inquiry into foreign interference is clear, it’s that China attempted to meddle in the 2019 and 2021 elections.
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B.C.'s toxic drug crisis rages on eight years after emergency declared
Sunday marked eight years to the day since the province declared a public health emergency related to the deadly toxic drug crisis, and Graham said it's a sombre anniversary as she and others in public health reflect on the thousands of deaths.
Carbon rebates land in some Canadians' accounts today
The first instalment of the 2024 Canada carbon rebate will be delivered to some Canadians today as long as they filed their taxes by the middle of March.
The power of positive feedback
Glooscap First Nation has let its community members guide their move toward a net-zero future.
‘Green banks’ are getting billions to decarbonize disadvantaged communities
The Biden administration just distributed $20 billion in IRA funding to loan to individuals and communities across the country.
Making soil — and storing carbon — in the Greenbelt
A group of researchers and conservationists is trying to bolster the soil health of hundreds of farms in Ontario's Greenbelt to help alleviate climate change.
Conservative climate plan: Sound and fury signifying nothing?
Beyond their sustained campaign against the federal carbon price, it is unclear exactly what, if anything, the Conservative Party of Canada would do to address climate change. However, some hints were dropped this week at a major conservative networking conference in Ottawa.
Trudeau mystified by NDP backtrack on carbon price support
The NDP have long been proponents of the climate policy, and even campaigned on it in the 2019 election.
B.C. wants to regulate electricity for power-sucking cryptocurrency miners
A statement from the Ministry of Energy says cryptocurrency miners consume large amounts of electricity to constantly run high-powered computers, while creating very few jobs or economic opportunities.
Tory immigration policy should focus on citizenship not temp workers: Conservative critic
Tom Kmiec criticized the sharp increase in temporary residents in Canada, as a large number of potential immigrants compete for few permanent resident opportunities.
Rescue team builds landing site for difficult orca calf rescue
A team of about two dozen people is preparing the planned landing area for the complex rescue of an orphaned killer whale calf trapped in a remote tidal lagoon off northwest Vancouver Island.
CSIS head to testify today at foreign meddling inquiry
Canadian Security Intelligence Service director David Vigneault is expected to clarify whether stark CSIS conclusions contained in briefing materials were actually conveyed to government officials.
When renewable energy projects clash with environmental values
An Alberta environmental group opposes a solar power project over concerns it would damage antelope habitat and block their migration.
Danielle Smith blocks federal housing plan and is set to speak at Ottawa conference
It's just the latest example of a deepening fissure between Smith's United Conservative Party government and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals.
EU court ruling shows that a safe climate is a human right: former UN rights chief says
Having a safe climate is becoming more of a human right globally with this week's European court decision that says countries must better protect people from climate change, something warming-hit residents of the Global South long knew, said former Ireland President Mary Robinson.