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Federal minister Jean-Yves Duclos praised Quebec’s leadership in fighting climate change on Tuesday, and said Quebec Premier François Legault will try to persuade reluctant fellow premiers to put a price on carbon pollution.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed to put more money into the pockets of residents of Ontario and three other provinces as he forged ahead Tuesday with plans to fight climate change by imposing a new price on pollution as of April.

In their announcement, Trudeau and his ministers will specify how much revenue they expect to collect from carbon pricing and subsequently return directly to people who live in each of the non-complying provinces. The fees would be collected through a federal tax on products that contribute to climate change such as gasoline.

BP has been drilling in the Scotian Basin, in search of the eight billion barrels of oil expected to be buried there. But its project in the area experienced a leak this summer that has some residents worried.

As other major countries develop plans to ban gasoline vehicles and increase sales of electric cars, it can be hard just to find an electric car in B.C.

The Canadian arm of an Italian multinational company soon expects to be producing over a million tonnes of cement every year from a plant halfway between Montreal and Ottawa.

Sylvie Cadieux was concerned when she first heard that a cannabis company was setting up shop in Masson-Angers, a small bedroom community in Gatineau, Quebec, across the river from Ottawa. And now?

One-in-three British Columbians expect to buy an electric car as their next vehicle, but they’re going to have trouble finding one.

Premier Doug Ford’s reversal of Ontario’s climate action policies will balloon the deficit by $3 billion, says the province's financial watchdog.

Reporter Emilee Gilpin sat down with award-winning author Eden Robinson at the beginning of her newest book launch to discuss nothing less than her success, dating life and the latest LNG pipeline project in her territory.

"Off the chart" toxic releases in Saskatchewan have been going unpunished for years. Provincial air quality standards have been breached hundreds of times since 2014, but those living nearby were not warned and oil companies responsible for some of the emissions have faced no charges or fines.

Peter Boehm says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau popped the question during a briefing on his last day as a public servant: would he like to serve in the Senate?

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suggested on Saturday, October 13, 2018, morning the incoming Quebec government's plan to raise the legal age for smoking cannabis to 21 could leave an opening for organized crime.

The Ontario Conservative government is musing about introducing its own plan to make polluters pay, just as it is rejecting the federal government's efforts to do the same thing,