Along with health care, Manitoba budget will spend to help Ukrainian refugees
Manitoba's Progressive Conservative government is releasing its budget today, April 12, 2022, and it's expected to include more money for health care.
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Public has less COVID data just as people are asked to self-manage the disease
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, retired teacher Lois Armstrong said local health officials where she lives in Kingston, Ont., provided daily updates about outbreaks, cases and deaths in the community.
Methane in Earth’s atmosphere rose by record amount last year
Climate scientists say plugging methane leaks and phasing out fossil fuels is necessary to avert catastrophic global heating.
Ontario government promotes forest byproducts to generate jobs and clean energy
The Ontario government has launched a five-year plan to bolster the province’s forestry industry by expanding biomass projects that turn waste wood into energy or useful products.
Ticking time bombs: Thousands of abandoned oil wells threaten Ontario communities
It has been more than seven months since an explosion decimated the downtown core of Wheatley, a small southwestern Ontario town on the shores of Lake Erie. Sixty-eight families still can’t go home.
Wave of pollution from cruise ships expected regardless of new federal wastewater rules
As cruise ships return after a two-year COVID hiatus on the B.C. coast, environmental organizations expect a continued wave of wastewater to follow in their wake.
COVID response has deeply divided northern Alberta county
The mayor of High Level, a town in Alberta's far northwest corner, says she has not spoken to the county government for several weeks.
Court rejects proposed import ban from Chinese area where forced labour is a concern
The court case was led by individuals including former cabinet minister David Kilgour, who died this month, and humanitarian group Canadians in Support of Refugees in Dire Need.
Alberta political operative says former justice minister hired him to obtain reporter's phone logs
David Wallace said the former justice minister wanted to trace the reporter's sources for a story about the size of his wedding when health restrictions were on.
Many people catching COVID twice as immunity wanes
"Because Omicron is so different, previous infection doesn't protect you," Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab, said last week.
Canada issues new sanctions against Russia's defence industry
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says the new measures impose restrictions on 33 entities in the Russian defence sector.
Federal government expected to make electric vehicle infrastructure announcement
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to be in Victoria today, April 11, 2022.
Maritimers debate best way forward in their struggle to hold back the sea
A windswept strip of former marshland provides the only link between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and some experts say a long-awaited plan to protect it from flooding caused by climate change represents a “massive” missed opportunity.
Federal rule on oil and gas projects ‘does not stand up to the facts’
Although the operation of Bay du Nord will emit less carbon than its oilsands counterparts during production, once that oil is burned, the emissions are all the same.
Ban European flights and cars in cities to hurt Putin, report urges
Strong measures by Europe could quickly deprive Russia of oil and gas income worth billions, experts say.