Bruce Cheadle
Reporter with The Canadian Press
About Bruce Cheadle
Some Canadians gave Catherine McKenna weird ideas to fix climate crisis
Proposals include putting Zamboni scrapings on arena roofs for cooling, banning Tim Hortons drive-thrus and a bid to simply "end capitalism."
Ottawa moves to get dirty mowers off Canadian lawns, align with U.S. rules
The new rules are designed to cut exhaust fumes and gasoline evaporation from gas-powered lawn mowers.
Feds beef up Rouge urban park ecological protection with farm deal
The federal government says it's beefing up the ecological protection of a newly created national urban park in Toronto while allowing farms in the park longer term leases of up to 30 years.
Parliament's ethics watchdog quietly resumes investigation into Nigel Wright
Wright was at the heart of a protracted scandal that rocked the former Conservative government, but he was never charged with an offence.
LeBlanc hints at interest in portfolio change amid cabinet shuffle rumours
At a World Oceans Day summit Wednesday in Ottawa, LeBlanc made what sounded to some like a very public pitch to make fisheries his full−time job.
Climate change, clean energy on agenda for 'three amigos' summit
Because Barack Obama’s days in office are numbered, Canada isn’t pursing any major initiatives beyond climate change for reinvigorating the complicated three−way relationship at the summit.
Feds need to improve planning, tracking for severe weather events, says audit
A major wildfire in Alberta continues to burn after forcing the evacuation of more than 80,000 Fort McMurray residents earlier in May, just one of a series of recent, large-scale natural disasters.
Former House of Commons sergeant-at-arms grabs protester at Dublin commemoration
Kevin Vickers, the former House of Commons sergeant−at−arms, tackled a protester Thursday in Dublin during a ceremony to remember British soldiers killed in the 1916 Easter Rising.
Royal Society of Canada, academics, call Site C dam a test for Trudeau Liberals
The massive dam on the Peace River is considered a signature project for B.C. Premier Christy Clark and construction has already begun after an expedited federal−provincial environmental review.