OTTAWA — Canada’s budget watchdog agrees with the federal government’s claim that Canadians are going to get more from the climate change tax rebate than they are paying in carbon tax. The federal government implemented a fuel surcharge this month of $20 per tonne of emissions in the four provinces that have not enacted carbon-pricing […]
OTTAWA — The oil-and-gas industry has worn out its welcome in Canadian marine conservation areas, and Canada’s environmentalists are overjoyed. Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkinson unveiled new standards for marine protected areas in Canada on Thursday, fully prohibiting oil-and-gas activity, as well as mining, waste-dumping and bottom-trawling. The change implements recommendations made to the government last […]
VANCOUVER — An environmental organization based in Vancouver says one million recyclable bottles and cans “go missing” every day in British Columbia and it’s calling for higher deposits to discourage consumers from littering or throwing them away. Chloe Dubois, of the Ocean Legacy Foundation, says her organization analysed data from the Brewers Recycled Container Collection […]
MANILA, Philippines — Fourteen-year-old Chang cried as she took off her clothes in front of a webcam. On the other side of the world, paying pedophiles watched the “sex show” in real time. Chang had entered the house with the bamboo fence in her fishing town, believing she would smile, say “hi” to the camera […]
MONTREAL — Quebec Premier Francois Legault says governments will need to adapt programs as climate change increases the frequency of serious flooding. Legault says Quebec cannot waste taxpayer money on compensating people for flood damage, only to see the same properties flooded again two or three years later. That is why beginning this year, flooding […]
One of the Sri Lanka bombers is thought to have studied in the U.K. and Australia before carrying out the Easter Sunday attack, which killed at least 359 people. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the bombings, which were carried out by a group of suicide bombers with international connections, said Ruwan Wijewardene, […]
There are plenty of videos online of Americans struggling with world geography, but a U.S. television station was way off with its graphic for Banff National Park. Twitter user Don Kollins shared a clip from KTVU, a Fox-owned station servicing California’s Bay Area. The video shows Banff National Park incorrectly placed near Ottawa, which is […]
OTTAWA — Former U.S. president Barack Obama is set to visit the nation’s capital next month for a question-and-answer session. The event, hosted by the progressive think-tank Canada 2020, will be at Ottawa’s Canadian Tire Centre on May 31. Canada 2020 chairman Tom Pitfield says Obama is a “generation-defining political leader” and an inspiration to […]
New federal research suggests greenhouse gas emissions from Alberta’s oilsands may be significantly higher than industry reports. In a study published Tuesday, Environment Canada scientists say four major oilsands mines are releasing an average of about one-third more carbon dioxide per barrel of oil than they report — a crucial number used for everything from […]
MIRAMICHI, N.B. — Four teenagers from eastern New Brunswick died late Saturday when the vehicle they were in flipped after it veered off a wet, rural road and landed on its roof in a ditch filled with icy water. The Miramichi Police Force said heroic efforts were made to save the two males and two […]