All numerical targets including '30x30' pledge remain unresolved in COP15 negotiations
Many key goals in a proposed agreement on protecting the planet's biodiversity remain unsettled as debate continues over who will pay for the ambitious pledges, delegates at a UN meeting in Montreal said on Monday, December 12, 2022.
The role of big cities in protecting biodiversity
While they're traditionally viewed as concrete jungles rather than natural oases, cities are increasingly taking a leadership role when it comes to protecting biodiversity.
We can't protect nature without Indigenous people, leaders at COP15 say
Efforts to protect nature at COP15 will fail without Indigenous people, leaders say
Montreal anti-radicalization centre focuses on far-right violence
Montreal's anti-radicalization centre no longer occupies the same spacious offices that once received high-profile visitors such as then-UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon.
Trudeau announces money for Quebec mineral firm that supplies electric cars
Ottawa will invest $222 million to help a Quebec company increase production of critical minerals for goods such as electric cars and batteries while simultaneously cutting emissions, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, October 11, 2022.
Legault's expanded majority was not built on votes from Montreal
After Monday, October 3, 2022, night's provincial election results, Montreal shows up on Quebec's election map as a small red-and-orange island in a sea of light blue.
François Legault wins Quebec election with stronger majority
François Legault will be heading back to Quebec’s legislature with an even stronger hold on power, after a resounding election victory that saw his Coalition Avenir Québec win the most seats of any party in more than 30 years.
Canada will have prominent role at Queen's lying in state and funeral
Canada will have a “prominent” role in the lying-in-state and funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, Canada's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom says, as preparations in London shift into high gear with one week to go before the ceremony.
Legault would like to build more hydro dams
Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault is promising to ask the province's hydro utility to consider building new hydroelectric dams, but he is not saying where or how he would realize the complicated, expensive megaprojects.
High security provided to deter threats against campaigning Quebec leaders
Security around Quebec's provincial party leaders appears to be high in the early days of the election campaign, with one leader saying he's been given bulletproof vests to keep him safe.