Dominic Leblanc

A new fisheries bill requires the minister to take “traditional knowledge of the Indigenous peoples of Canada” into account if it has been provided.

The federal fisheries minister has announced four immediate measures for the crab fishery in an effort to protect North Atlantic right whales from entanglement with fishing gear.

Dominic LeBlanc was on his feet in question period on Wednesday, cheerfully batting down opposition queries with his customary partisan enthusiasm — just two hours after announcing that he's been diagnosed with leukemia.

B.C. Environment Minister George Heyman said that Kinder Morgan's recent behaviour requires federal and provincial authorities to place more scrutiny on the company. “I think it’s reprehensible that Kinder Morgan acts as if they don’t have to follow the conditions in the permit that they received."

Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc says there will be regulations in place before the spring to ensure no boat comes within 200 metres of southern resident killer whales in Canadian waters.

Shipping vessels who disobey new federal orders to slow down in the Gulf of St. Lawrence will face the music, to the tune of up to $25,000.

At least 10 endangered North Atlantic right whales have died in Canadian waters since June 7, which is "not an acceptable circumstance," said Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc on Thursday.

About three dozen protesters went to the federal fisheries office in St. John's, N.L., on Thursday, April 20, 2017 morning to support a celebrity fisherman on a hunger strike.

It’s not often that I remember the number of a Parliamentary Bill. Bill C-38 is an exception – and most Canadians who care about nature, democracy and Indigenous rights will know this number too.

Julia Baum and Susanna Fuller laughed when asked how they managed to track down evidence for an investigation they recently completed into the state of Canada’s oceans and fisheries.

The Trudeau government has shaken up its cabinet committees and removed Global Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion from the environment, climate change and energy committee which he chaired.

Prime Minister Trudeau's government has made what it calls an adjustment to the federal cabinet, tapping Small Business Minister Bardish Chagger to taken on an additional job: government House leader.

The Last−In−First−Out (LIFO) rule stipulates that the last entrants to the fishery are the first to leave when the quota is cut.

A leading ocean conservation group sounded an alarm over the state of Canada’s fishery Thursday in a new report that reveals that less than 25 per cent of the country’s fish stocks

Six federal cabinet ministers launched a sweeping review of Canada’s environmental laws on Monday pledging to restore what the previous government took away.