Politics

Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam is telling the Alberta Energy Regulator to “prepare for court” after a third-party report commissioned by the regulator found it responded responsibly to oilsands tailings pond spill and seepage incidents at Imperial Oil’s Kearl site. He told the regulator on Sept. 26 that he does not accept the report.

Eby's statement came on the same day that gurdwara councils in B.C. and Ontario called for the immediate suspension of all security and intelligence agreements with India and repeated their calls for a public inquiry into the death of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C.

Trans Mountain Corp. insists it is committed to "meaningful engagement" with Indigenous communities after it was given the green light to move its pipeline route despite the objection of a First Nation.

Alberta's New Democrat Opposition is asking the provincial government to step in and quash applications for coal mining exploration in the Rocky Mountains.

Yukon First Nation elder Sandra Johnson says the discovery of 15 potential graves near the site of a former residential school has “uncovered long-buried wounds.”

The resignation of House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota is set to take effect this evening.

Shortly after a new EU law was introduced to crack down on the import of unsustainable forest products that result in “forest degradation,” Canada went to work defining the term.

A dozen experts are calling on Ottawa to launch a formal risk assessment of emerging nuclear technologies, saying there is a risk they could be used for weapons. The CEO behind one front-running nuclear company is fighting back.

Speaker Anthony Rota's decision to invite a former Nazi into the House of Commons was an international embarrassment. But as a newly elected MP's performance shows, it's already well on the way to becoming a national one.

Canada's industry minister called out Pepsi and Coca-Cola for not sending representatives to a meeting he convened on Monday, September 25, 2023, with manufacturing companies to discuss stabilizing grocery prices.

A Toronto-based real estate company says it is planning to build 5,000 new rental units in urban centres across the country as a result of the federal government's decision to eliminate GST charges on rental developments.

The report released Tuesday says the worldwide rollout of key technologies such as renewable power, electric vehicles and heat pumps is happening so quickly that demand for coal, oil and natural gas is set to peak within the next 10 years.

Season 2 is here with some startling stories about the division among First Nations on the removal of the fish farms. Sandra Bartlett documents the tumultuous journey of the DFO’s final decision, which came after six months of consultation with First Nations, industry, scientists and all interested parties.  

A court martial begins today for Lt.-Gen. Steve Whelan, who was removed from his job as head of military personnel after being accused of sexual misconduct.

Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is expected today to stop a study of the Rouge National Urban Park that was launched after Ontario Premier Doug Ford opened nearby protected lands to development.