Mia Rabson
Reporter with the Canadian Press
About Mia Rabson
2018 needs to be year feds put flesh on bones of climate change framework
One year ago, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got eight provinces and all three territories to agree to put a price on pollution as part of a national climate change plan.
McKenna says China isn't able to join Canada-U.K. coal phase out alliance
"I just don’t think they’re in a position to sign on yet," says Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna.
Salmon farms spewing untreated bloodwater puts wild fish at risk: advocates
Environment Canada is investigating allegations that fish plants in British Columbia are spewing virus-laden bloody water from processed, farmed salmon into the water off the coast of Vancouver Island.
Trudeau mulling China trip in December, free trade talks possible
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is looking at a possible trade trip to China early next month but Canada isn't ready to launch formal free trade talks with China just yet.
NDP's Malcolmson seeks secret ballot vote of MPs to save bill on abandoned boats
In a show of backbencher strength, NDP MP Sheila Malcolmson could become the first MP in history to force her colleagues in the House of Commons into a secret ballot to save a piece of legislation.
Apology to Canadians persecuted for being gay coming Nov. 28: Trudeau
Martine Roy was just 20-years-old and less than a year into her chosen career as a medical assistant with the Canadian Armed Forces at CFB Borden when military police suddenly showed up at her workplace to arrest her.
McKenna uses Twitter to troll coal from Bonn during U.S. event promoting it
A U.S. effort to stoke the fires of coal-powered electricity didn't escape the attention of Canada's environment minister on Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, as Catherine McKenna used her Twitter account to troll the carbon-based fuel just as American officials were extolling its virtues.
Canada seeks updated climate change predictions for new building codes
The National Research Council says Canada's homes and highways were built with assumptions about weather patterns that are no longer relevant thanks to climate change.
Canadian and U.S. climate interests collide in Bonn
Climate change talks in Germany are headed for a collision course on coal this week — and Canada is right in the middle of it. This year, the parties to Paris are hammering out rules for how that accord will be implemented, how carbon will be counted and how countries will be held accountable for their emissions cuts.
Sea level maps show Canada's coastal communities in race against time
From the slow-paced, tree-lined streets of downtown Charlottetown to the modern, western architecture of metro Vancouver, Canada's urban waterfronts are a beacon for condo developers, tourists and everyone in between.