Trudeau mystified by NDP backtrack on carbon price support
The NDP have long been proponents of the climate policy, and even campaigned on it in the 2019 election.
News
Published by Observer Media Group
B.C. wants to regulate electricity for power-sucking cryptocurrency miners
A statement from the Ministry of Energy says cryptocurrency miners consume large amounts of electricity to constantly run high-powered computers, while creating very few jobs or economic opportunities.
Tory immigration policy should focus on citizenship not temp workers: Conservative critic
Tom Kmiec criticized the sharp increase in temporary residents in Canada, as a large number of potential immigrants compete for few permanent resident opportunities.
Rescue team builds landing site for difficult orca calf rescue
A team of about two dozen people is preparing the planned landing area for the complex rescue of an orphaned killer whale calf trapped in a remote tidal lagoon off northwest Vancouver Island.
CSIS head to testify today at foreign meddling inquiry
Canadian Security Intelligence Service director David Vigneault is expected to clarify whether stark CSIS conclusions contained in briefing materials were actually conveyed to government officials.
When renewable energy projects clash with environmental values
An Alberta environmental group opposes a solar power project over concerns it would damage antelope habitat and block their migration.
Danielle Smith blocks federal housing plan and is set to speak at Ottawa conference
It's just the latest example of a deepening fissure between Smith's United Conservative Party government and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals.
EU court ruling shows that a safe climate is a human right: former UN rights chief says
Having a safe climate is becoming more of a human right globally with this week's European court decision that says countries must better protect people from climate change, something warming-hit residents of the Global South long knew, said former Ireland President Mary Robinson.
Community near proposed quarry wants project crushed
Residents argue that the project, spearheaded by James Dick Construction Ltd., poses environmental risks, threatens local water sources, endangers wildlife habitats and raises serious safety and health concerns for the community.
‘Reef stars’ restored Indonesia’s dynamite-damaged corals in just four years
A community-based approach to restoration combined with an ingenious device can bring back reefs traumatized by dynamite fishing.
Carbon tax flak flies across political divide
The federal carbon tax took a beating from polar opposite sides of the political spectrum this week at annual conservative and progressive conferences held just blocks from each other in Ottawa.
RBC grilled over climate, fossil fuel loans and Indigenous rights at AGM
Indigenous leaders, climate activists and their allies from across the continent descended on Toronto on Thursday in an attempt to hold RBC leadership accountable for the bank’s decision to finance increased oil and gas expansion at the expense of local communities.
Singh and Poilievre trot out their vastly different visions for Canada's future
Separately but simultaneously, Canada's federal Conservative and NDP leaders laid out their respective visions for how best to defeat Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Alberta tables gatekeeper bill to prevent municipalities from dealing directly with feds
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has introduced legislation to gatekeep and if necessary veto any future deal struck between municipalities and the federal government.
RCMP mistreat homeless Indigenous women in NWT: report
Homeless Indigenous women in the North do not feel well-protected by the RCMP and instead face violence and discrimination by police, a new report from the Yellowknife Women's Society has found.