The federal government will begin phasing out the outdoor use of nicotine-based pesticides beginning in 2021, part of an effort to stem the mysterious decline of honey bee colonies around the world.
The PMRA is supposed to ensure pesticides aren't poisoning Canadians and hurting the environment. Yet critics say the regulator has been "captured" by the powerful agrochemical industry.
“We have 25 MPs, 25 MPPs and we’re going to have 25 councillors,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford said in the legislature on Tuesday, emphasising again how Bill 5, also named the Better Local Government Act, is set to align the the number of wards in Toronto with the number of provincial and federal electoral districts.
While nearly all of the energy used in buildings is dedicated to basic services like indoor heating, cooling and lighting, researchers say building codes aren’t very good at taking into account how occupants actually use those services day to day.
Four people were arrested at the Kinder Morgan Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby on Tuesday morning while protesting the proposed Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion.
The early cash-out of millions of dollars in stock options is being offered on top of about $3.9 million in bonuses offered to three of the top executives from Kinder Morgan Canada, the company said in a proxy document submitted to the U.S. securities regulator.
A day after announcing plans to sell recreational cannabis in private stores, the Ontario government said it was still working out how strict regulations governing the new system would be enforced.
Members of Canada's Muslim community say recent tensions between Ottawa and Saudi Arabia are affecting some people's ability to perform what's seen in the faith as a fundamental religious right.
