Category Archives: Environment
Audit finds many Manitoba drinking water systems unlicensed, lack certified operators
WINNIPEG — Many drinking water systems in Manitoba are not licensed and lack a properly certified operator, the province's auditor general said in a report Monday. The review by Tyson Shtykalo points to water-related health disasters in other parts of ...
U.S. appeals softwood ruling to WTO appeals body the U.S. has rendered inoperative
OTTAWA — International Trade Minister Mary Ng says it is extremely disappointing that the United States has decided to appeal a World Trade Organization ruling against its softwood-lumber duties, particularly because the U.S. is making it impossible fo...
Trudeau urges largest countries in the world to support UN biodiversity plan
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling on countries with the largest land masses to do more to protect the biodiversity of their land and water. Trudeau made that call on Monday at a special session of the United Nations
Group of prominent people demand immediate halt to Site C over stability concerns
VANCOUVER — A former president of BC Hydro and a former federal fisheries minister are among 18 prominent Canadians urging the provincial government to halt work on a huge hydroelectric project in northeastern B.C. The letter signed by former Hydro pre...
Alberta announces carbon levy-funded programs to reduce oilpatch methane emissions
EDMONTON — Alberta has announced where it will spend part of the money it recently earmarked to reduce methane emissions from the oilpatch. Environment Minister Jason Nixon says $25 million will be spent helping companies buy emissions reduction ...
Legislation to set five-year climate targets highest priority this fall: Wilkinson
OTTAWA — Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says he plans to move quickly this fall to set legislated targets to cut Canada's greenhouse gas emissions that go even further than what has already been promised. Wilkinson told The Canadian Press in a...
First Nations take Ontario government to court over environmental protections
Several Indigenous groups are taking the Ontario government to court over recently rescinded environmental protections, arguing the province's move violates their constitutional rights. The claim comes in a notice of application filed th...
Rekindle efforts with Canada, allies on Pacific Rim plan, congressman urges U.S.
WASHINGTON, Wash. — It's long past time for the United States to work with Canada and other allies on a new strategy for the Pacific Rim, and the path to the new NAFTA would make an excellent road map, says
Liberal effort to reset policy agenda panned by rivals as too much talk, not action
OTTAWA — The minority Liberal government unveiled sweeping goals Wednesday to expand or extend supports for Canadians from nearly every sector of society in a throne speech billed as their “ambitious plan for an unprecedented reality.” But the plan h...
Canada’s carbon tax conundrum continues as Supreme Court reserves judgment in cases
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada reserved judgment on the national carbon tax Wednesday. After two days of hearings and presentations from more than two dozen interested parties, the court adjourned without yet deciding whether the carbon price is ...
