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November 29th 2018
"I was eight years old and I was at the rally with my T-shirt," said Ontario MPP Amanda Simard in an emotional speech to the legislature. "And now, 20 years later, we're still fighting to preserve the rights that we have gained."
Following a chorus of outrage over plans to eliminate the office of a French-languages commissionner and cancel plans for a French-language university, Ontario Premier Doug Ford has offered an olive branch to the province's francophones, announcing a new ministry and proposing amendments to controversial legislation.
Quebec Premier François Legault says his government plans to boldly ramp up his province's action to fight climate change, warning that the entire planet's survival is hanging in the balance.
The developing world is now driving the deployment of clean energy technology, while wealthier nations are stepping back on new builds, says a new report.
President Donald Trump asserted that he had “very high levels of intelligence,” and as such, did not believe in the scientific consensus surrounding climate change.
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said that she has asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to commit to co-purchasing two new unit-trains to transport an additional 120,000 barrels of Alberta oil a day.
A new report from one of the world's most prestigious medical journals says Canada's failure to cut greenhouse-gas emissions isn't just killing the planet, it's killing Canadians.
It feels like an instant replay of the project’s last NEB review, which concluded in 2016. That review and the resulting federal cabinet approval of the pipeline and tanker project resulted in 15 legal challenges that led to a two-week hearing at the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA). The result? The court quashed the federal approval
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives in Buenos Aires this morning for a high-stakes G20 summit set to begin on Friday, November 30, 2018, and draw global attention over trade tensions between China and the United States.
A federal public servant who attended secret cabinet meetings about the $700-million shipbuilding contract at the centre of the criminal case against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman told the RCMP that electoral considerations were front and centre as successive governments approved the project.
