Government flood recovery plan on the way for B.C. agriculture industry
A recovery package is expected to be announced today, February 7, 2022, for British Columbia's agriculture industry after devastating floods last November.
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Judge silences annoying horn-honkers at Ottawa protest, at least for now
OTTAWA — Ontario Superior Court Justice Hugh McLean has granted a 10-day injunction to prevent truckers parked on city streets in downtown Ottawa from honking their horns incessantly.
Can Canada's forests survive climate change?
Ten thousand years ago, when the last ice age gave way to the Holocene, a great migration was triggered in North America: trees began travelling northward, colonizing newly thawed landscapes at a pace of up to 500 metres a year. In a geoclimatic blink of an eye, trees colonized 38 per cent of the landmass now known as Canada, ultimately giving us nearly a 10th of all the forest in the world.
Zain Haq willing to go to jail if it helps save the planet
On Feb. 15, the 21-year-old history student at Simon Fraser University is to be sentenced for his alleged obstruction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.
Elizabeth May puts environmental racism back on the House agenda
Elizabeth May is taking the fight to address environmental racism back to the House after a Liberal MP’s bill died on the order paper last fall.
When it comes to the animal kingdom, pumas have their claws in everything
Researchers find the felines are connected to more than 485 species, from carrion beetles to bald eagles.
Queen Elizabeth marks 70 years as monarch, but her relationship with Canada began as princess
The Queen has adapted to the expansion of liberal democracies while respecting ancient royal customs to create a magic dust that has left an enduring influence on Canada as she marks her Platinum Jubilee, experts say.
These Ottawans counteract convoy of truckers and ease frayed nerves with 'safety walk'
On a frosty Friday, February 4, 2022, morning, a few dozen masked people gathered on the corner of Bank and Somerset Street in downtown Ottawa.
Ottawa police chief calls anti-vax-mandate protest a siege, 'different in our democracy than any I've ever experienced'– Police Act inadequate to handle it
Protesters opposed to vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions held rallies in cities across Canada on Saturday, February 5, 2022, in a show of solidarity with a week-long demonstration in the national capital, while the effort to end the newly re-energized protest in Ottawa shifted gears to the legal arena.
Two more Indigenous land defenders face charges after Toronto rail blockade
Two more land defenders who took part in a Toronto rail blockade in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs last November have been charged or ticketed.
Federal Court of Appeal tells Canada’s pesticide regulator to reconsider public objections on glyphosate
Justice Marianne Rivoalen said a decision by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency to dismiss food safety concerns was unreasonable because it doesn’t explain how the decision was made.
Youth jobs dried up again in January with the return of COVID lockdowns
Retail and accommodation jobs were hit hard by job losses in January, especially in Ontario and Quebec, as renewed public health restrictions hurt young workers and women the most.
GoFundMe called to Commons over fears fundraising for Ottawa protests is linked to U.S. extremists
GoFundMe has been used to raise more than $10 million to support the anti-vaccine mandate protesters that have brought downtown Ottawa to a standstill for close to a week.
Trudeau won't call in the military to break up Ottawa trucker protest, at least not yet
One must be "very, very cautious" about deploying troops on Canadian soil in such cases, Trudeau said at a news conference Thursday. "It is not something that anyone should enter in lightly."