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Canadian evacuees to be quarantined

Canadian evacuees from the Chinese province afflicted with the novel coronavirus will be quarantined for two weeks upon their arrival at an Ontario military base, the government announced on Sunday, February 2, 2020, night.

With oilsands mine on the line, Teck announces 'carbon neutral' goals

The Vancouver-based mining company proposing to build the massive Frontier oilsands mine in northeastern Alberta has set a target to be "carbon neutral" by 2050.

Trophy hunting event to auction 'dream hunt' with Donald Trump Jr

Court allows Trans Mountain to proceed despite Indigenous concerns

Although First Nations can "assert their uncompromising opposition" to a fossil fuel project like an oil pipeline, they can't "use the consultation process as a means to try to veto it," said the Federal Court of Appeal.

246 academics call on government to act now to avoid global collapse 

246 academics call for the Canadian government to take radical action in addressing the climate emergency and for Canadian universities to divest funds from the fossil fuel industry

Carbon tax will give more than it takes for most households: PBO

A new analysis by Parliament's budget watchdog has found that most households in provinces where the federal carbon tax applies will receive more money back in rebates than they will pay through the scheme — just not as much as projected last year.

Canadians in Wuhan to be airlifted Thursday

A chartered plane that's to airlift Canadians from the epicentre of a virus outbreak in China was on its way overseas on Tuesday, February 4, 2020, while its prospective passengers were told to be ready to leave on Thursday, February 6, 2020.