Category Archives: Chemicals
Feds enshrining right to healthy environment but no clarity on what that means
OTTAWA — 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. But it wants another two years to figure out exactly
Feds move forward on menstrual equity in budget, advocates want it done ‘right’
OTTAWA — Over six months since the Liberals committed to creating a menstrual equity fund, the federal government has proposed the pilot project in its 2022 budget. Starting in 2022, the government would give $25 million over two years to create
Suspicious envelopes sent to MP offices in N.S. contained chemical irritant
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia RCMP confirmed today that three suspicious envelopes sent to three federal constituency offices on Monday contained some kind of chemical irritant, but it remains unclear what the substance was. The Mounties issued a statement say...
Unilateral ban on single-use plastics ignores spirit of USMCA, critics, experts say
WASHINGTON, Wash. — Canada's proposed ban on single-use plastics may not run afoul of its trade deal with the United States and Mexico, but experts suggest it disregards the "pause-and-check" spirit of the agreement. The Washington-based Plastics Indus...
Monitoring of contaminated sites in Nova Scotia remains weak: auditor general
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's acting auditor general says the provincial government does not have a co-ordinated approach for managing the risks associated with more than 100 contaminated sites. Terry Spicer says his staff came to th...
Monitoring of contaminated sites in Nova Scotia remains weak: auditor general
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's acting auditor general says the provincial government does not have a co-ordinated approach for managing the risks associated with more than 100 contaminated sites. Terry Spicer says his staff came to th...