Category Archives: Environment
B.C. Supreme Court hears petition for judicial review of Coastal GasLink certificate
VANCOUVER — Lawyers for the Office of the Wet’suwet’en were in British Columbia Supreme Court Thursday seeking an order quashing the extension of the environmental assessment certificate for a pipeline that was at the centre of countrywide protests in ...
Second Indigenous-run, off-season lobster fishery opens in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's second Indigenous-run, off-season lobster fishery officially began operating in southern Cape Breton Thursday, coinciding with Treaty Day celebrations. Fishers from the Potlotek First Nation headed out on St. Peters Bay to...
Ontario will abide by judge’s ruling against carbon tax stickers, minister says
TORONTO — Ontario will not appeal a court ruling against its anti-carbon tax stickers, the government said Thursday, putting an end to an 18-month political and legal battle between Ottawa and the province. Last month, a Superior Court judge ...
Infrastructure bank to invest $10 billion in priority areas for pandemic recovery
OTTAWA — The Liberal government is promising to finally spend $10 billion that has sat in the accounts of its infrastructure financing agency for years, hoping to create thousands of post-pandemic jobs. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the three-year...
Another First Nation in Nova Scotia set to start self-regulated lobster fishery
HALIFAX — A First Nation in southern Cape Breton is set to become the second Indigenous band in Nova Scotia to launch a self-regulated commercial lobster fishery that will operate outside the regular season. The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaw Chiefs
Dalhousie faculty association investigating president’s letter on Mi’kmaq fishery
HALIFAX — Dalhousie's faculty association says the university's president may have violated academic freedom after he emailed teachers, staff and students to warn them against making negative comments about an Indigenous-run fishery. The president's le...
Court should intervene to remedy Canada’s alleged failure on climate change: lawyer
VANCOUVER — The courts have a definite role in helping to determine if Canada has breached the constitutional rights of 15 youths who are suing the government for its alleged failures on climate change policies, a lawyer for the group
Mi’kmaq parliamentarians call for co-managed Indigenous fishery in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX — Three Mi'kmaq parliamentarians say Ottawa should create a co-managed Indigenous fishery off Nova Scotia as a long-term solution to conflicts between First Nations and non-Indigenous fishers in the lobster harvest. The proposal comes from Sen....
CPP breaking its rules with third-party donations in U. S: environment group
TORONTO — The Canada Pension Plan is overlooking its own rules that say its money cannot be used for political ends, says an environmental group. John Bennett of Friends of the Earth says Crestone Peak Resources — a Colorado-based company wholly
Minimal risk to wild salmon from viruses on farmed B.C. salmon: Fisheries Department
VANCOUVER — The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says nine pathogens from farmed salmon in British Columbia's Discovery Islands pose a minimal risk to wild salmon, based on its scientific assessments. It said Monday the department will consult with s...
