Atlantic Canada

Developer of Nova East project in deep waters off Nova Scotia inks memorandum of understanding with eye on landmark mutual benefit agreement to drive First Nation jobs and revenue creation

The group – Atlantic Prosperity – created its Facebook page in May 2024 and doesn’t show any organizers or employees. 

The results from a recent Leger poll suggest more than one in three Canadians have been touched directly by extreme weather such as forest fires, heat waves, floods or tornadoes.

Federal Court in Vancouver is to hear a case today from the Saskatchewan government asking for an injunction to stop the Canada Revenue Agency from collecting millions in carbon levy money.

Environment and Climate Change Canada says the results of its rapid analysis into the mid-June heat wave over parts of Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada show it was made two to ten times more likely due to climate change. 

The study examines two scenarios over the next 75 years for marine life in the region. In one, emissions are kept in line with the Paris Agreement target of warming to 1.5 degrees C, while the other shows what will occur if emissions continue to rise. 

Relief is in sight for some residents of Eastern Canada as a heat wave is expected to break.

A confluence of record-breaking ocean temperatures and shifting weather patterns are setting the East Coast up for a high-activity hurricane season, warn experts in Canada and the U.S.

The agreement signed in the northern German city of Hamburg by federal Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson and German Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck is aimed at securing early access to the German market for Canadian hydrogen producers.

For climate policy experts, the carbon tax was always meant to be part of the solution, not the dominant climate policy.

Liberals intend to move quickly to get a Ukraine free-trade bill passed. The Conservatives voted against the legislation solely because they won't support any promotion of carbon pricing.

The Saskatchewan government says its natural gas utility is to stop collecting the carbon levy as of Monday from residential customers.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe once said a fundamental pillar of Canadian democracy is the rule of law. His province is now prepared to break it.

An anxious electorate, a new look and a bite out of Liberal polling numbers have all boosted the profile of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who was picked by editors across the country as The Canadian Press 2023 Newsmaker of the Year.

The whale safe gear lending program, the first of its kind in Canada, started in 2022 and is now in its second year of operation.