Michael Spavor settles with federal government over China detention
He did not elaborate and no other details were immediately available; media reports suggest the settlement is worth as much as $7 million.
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Climate progress? Can’t bank on it
Stubborn fossil fuel financing and severely out-of-step renewable investments mean Canadian banks are undermining climate progress.
Something fishy? Calls to investigate Alberta coal mine
Environmental groups want the federal government to investigate construction on an Alberta coal mine expansion for potentially violating federal law that protects endangered fish and their habitat.
Greenwashing death threats ‘show you who the Conservatives are,’ NDP leader says
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh slammed the federal Conservatives on Wednesday for spreading falsehoods that left his party's natural resources critic facing death threats and homophobic slurs.
Fury after Exxon boss says public to blame for climate failures
Darren Woods tells Fortune that consumers are not willing to pay for a clean energy transition, prompting backlash from climate experts.
NDP pushing feds to fund school food program in April budget
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh called on the Liberals to deliver on an outstanding promise to create national school meal program backed with funding in the pending budget as he toured a Vancouver Island food bank on Wednesday.
First Nation sues the Alberta Energy Regulator over oilsands tailings leak
The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation has served the Alberta Energy Regulator’s president with a notice of a lawsuit.
PBO expects inflation to drop and deficit to grow by year end
The parliamentary budget officer is projecting inflation will return to the Bank of Canada's two per cent target by the end of the year and the federal deficit will grow amid weakening economic conditions.
Texas fire chief in city hit by wildfires dies while fighting a house fire
A Texas fire chief whose small town was among the hardest hit last week by historic blazes sweeping across the Panhandle died on Tuesday while fighting a house fire, authorities said.
B.C. introduces law to cut the poverty rate by 60 per cent over next decade
The B.C. government introduced legislation Tuesday setting 10-year targets to substantially reduce poverty in the province, focusing on children, while also making a first-time commitment to cut seniors' poverty by 50 per cent.
Why Richmond B.C. wants nothing to do with supervised drug consumption site
Plans for supervised consumption sites sometimes result in a community backlash but the response in the Metro Vancouver community of Richmond, population 210,000, has been intense and protracted, lasting long after authorities said in mid-February that a proposal to explore the idea had been scrapped.
Five Canadians killed in Nashville plane crash
U.S. authorities continue to investigate a plane crash in Tennessee that killed five Canadians.
Federal corporate tax change could raise some Canadians' electricity, gas bills
A proposed income tax change to crack down on cross-border tax avoidance could unintentionally hike power bills and natural gas rates for consumers, Electricity Canada is warning.
MP gets death threats over greenwashing bill
MP Charlie Angus has been "inundated" with death threats, swearing and homophobic slurs over his proposal to curb greenwashing by the fossil fuel industry.
Building for the future
Two non-profits lead the way with a model of affordable, environmentally responsible housing.