Animal rights activists jailed over sit-in protest at hog farm
Amy Soranno will serve her sentence intermittently and be on probation for 12 months.
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P.E.I. has growing fears over food security after Fiona
Community groups in Prince Edward Island say they are worried that inflation, rent increases and the damage caused by post-tropical storm Fiona are leading to food insecurity among lower-income people.
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe threatens legal action over federal pollution laws
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he's prepared to take legal action over federal regulations on pollution.
Alberta premier promises to protect the 'most discriminated-against group' — the unvaccinated
Danielle Smith, sworn in on Tuesday, October 11, 2022, as Alberta's new premier, said she will shake up the top tier of the health system within three months and amend provincial human rights law to protect those who choose not to get vaccinated.
Trudeau announces money for Quebec mineral firm that supplies electric cars
Ottawa will invest $222 million to help a Quebec company increase production of critical minerals for goods such as electric cars and batteries while simultaneously cutting emissions, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, October 11, 2022.
477 whales dead in 'heartbreaking' New Zealand strandings
Some 477 pilot whales have died after stranding themselves on two remote New Zealand beaches over recent days, officials say.
Cap on international students' working hours should be permanently lifted: advocates
A new pilot project to lift the cap on the number of hours international students can work should be made permanent, say advocates who have spent years asking for the change.
Small Yukon First Nation uses COVID emergency law to ban sex offender
The Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in Old Crow issued a declaration under its Community Emergency Act banning Christopher Schafer from the fly-in community nearly 800 kilometres north of Whitehorse for at least the next 90 days.
EU countries look to Africa to replace Russian gas
A new liquefied natural gas project off Africa's western coast may only be 80% complete, but already the prospect of a new energy supplier has drawn visits from the leaders of Poland and Germany.
Freeland urges world to get serious about a Putin-era strategy for energy, economy, climate
Canada's deputy prime minister urged the world's democracies on Tuesday, October 11, 2022, to confront the hard economic truths of a perilous new world order and seek common cause in the shared values of prosperity, energy security, protecting the planet and free and fair trade.
Alberta's campaign to attract workers makes for healthy competition
When Zeel Shah’s partner left Toronto for a job in Edmonton in 2018, the young couple had to decide which city offered the future they wanted for themselves.
B.C.'s having a stink bug explosion
An aromatic insect shaped like a shield is lurking around homes and feasting on stone fruits in parts of southern British Columbia.
Leak discovered in pipeline that brings oil from Russian to Germany
A leak was detected in an underground oil pipeline in Poland which is the main route through which Russian crude reaches Germany, the Polish operator said on Wednesday, October 12, 2022.
Emission cuts will hit growth, but costs of inaction much higher, IMF says
IMF says taking swift action to achieve a 25 per cent cut in greenhouse gases by end of the decade will cost less than failing to act.