Quebec sets aside $900 million for companies hurt by U.S. tariffs
The Quebec government is setting aside almost $900 million for companies affected by tariffs recently imposed on Canada by the United States.
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Feds preparing response in case Trump follows through on auto tariff threat
With threats of devastating U.S. tariffs hanging over the auto sector, Canada's economic development minister says Ottawa is considering every possible way it could respond if the Trump administration follows through on its warning.
We denounce Trump's ‘dirty war against the free press’
National Observer joins The Boston Globe and some 350 American newspapers publishing editorials today denouncing Trump's dangerous and demeaning war on the news media.
Zinke says climate change isn’t to blame for raging forest fires, but environmentalists are
The U.S. Interior Secretary's latest statements were a continuation of his criticism of environmental groups efforts for limiting logging in a recent op-ed in USA Today.
Feds mulling safeguards to prevent 'surge' of cheap steel imports into Canada
The federal government extended an olive branch of sorts to Donald Trump's tough-on-trade White House on Tuesday as it began exploring how best to address industry concerns that U.S. tariffs are turning a trickle of foreign steel imports into a torrent.
Gore: Trump not yet as damaging to environment as he feared
The Trump administration has made some dangerous changes to environmental policy, but the damage so far has been less than it initially appeared, former Vice-President Al Gore said in an interview on Monday, August 13, 2018.
Governors say ban on land deals could hurt beleaguered bird
Some governors in the U.S. West say a new Trump administration directive threatens to undermine a hard-won compromise aimed at saving a beleaguered bird scattered across their region.
Trump 'disrespectful' toward Canada, Vermont governor says in meeting with Couillard
After a short gondola ride together through thick fog and rain clouds up Mount Mansfield on Sunday, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard and Vermont Gov. Phil Scott spoke warmly about the importance of trade between their two countries.
Orca's 'tour of grief' over after carrying dead calf around for nearly 3 weeks
An endangered orca's "tour of grief" is over after she spent nearly three weeks towing her dead calf around the Pacific Ocean, researchers said on Sunday, August 12, 2018.
U.S. President Trump threatens auto tariffs against Canada if trade talks fail
Donald Trump launched a fresh auto-tariff threat against Canada late on Friday, August 10, 2018, at a time when Ottawa finds itself in a holding pattern on NAFTA negotiations as it awaits the completion of one-on-one talks between the United States and Mexico.
To California, the wildfires are tragic. To the Trump administration, they're convenient
The Commerce Department has ordered that water use be prioritized for firefighters –– who say water isn't the issue. The decision isn't really about fire.
Court orders ban on harmful pesticide, says EPA violated law
A federal appeals court ruled on Thursday, August 9, 2018, that the Trump administration endangered public health by keeping the widely used pesticide chlorpyrifos (clor-PEER-i-fos) on the market despite extensive scientific evidence that even tiny levels of exposure can harm babies' brains.
Terrified by ‘hothouse Earth’? Don’t despair — do something
A team of international researchers released what looks like a blueprint for catastrophe this week. On our current path, they warned, humanity might push the planet into an entirely new, hellish equilibrium, unseen since before the emergence of our species millions of years ago.
Jimmy Kimmel on climate change: 'Somebody needs to get through to Trump'
Comics, including Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah and Kimmel, discussed Paul Manafort’s trial and the threat of climate change.