Dennis Patterson

More than five years after being told it should enshrine the right to a healthy environment in its environmental protection act, the federal government is moving to do it.

A pair of controversial environmental bills scaled their final hurdle in the Senate on Thursday, June 20, 2019, over the objections of critics who warn the two pieces of legislation will kneecap Canada's oil industry and fuel separatist sentiment in Alberta.

A convoy of protesters against COVID-19 restrictions that has settled into downtown Ottawa has provided a test for the Conservative party as it rolls into a leadership race.