Category Archives: Canada
Canada earmarks 20 per cent of climate funding to address biodiversity loss
GLASGOW, United Kingdom - Canada's Environment Minister says the federal government will allocate at least 20 per cent of its $5.3 billion international climate finance commitment to nature-based solu...
Nov 06, 2021
Miller 'dumfounded' appeal dropped over Catholic Church's residential school payments
OTTAWA - Newly named Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller says he wants to get to the bottom of why Ottawa abandoned its appeal of a ruling releasing the Catholic Church from its settlement...
Nov 06, 2021
'It's going to be crazy': Snowbirds at campground eager for U.S. border reopening
MILK RIVER, Alta. - Nearly two years of being caged in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic has some snowbirds anxiously waiting in their motorhomes and trailers in southern Alberta.The Eight Flags Cam...
Nov 06, 2021
Canadians set back clocks this weekend as debate over seasonal time changes continues
Most Canadians have the chance to catch up on some sleep when clocks move back an hour Sunday, but an Ontario politician is optimistic it could be the last time for the country's most populous provinc...
Nov 06, 2021
Hearing on Baffinland's proposed expansion of Nunavut mine to wrap up in Iqaluit
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A public hearing on a proposed expansion of an iron ore mine on the northern tip of Baffin Island in Nunavut is to conclude today in Iqaluit with closing remarks from communities cl...
Nov 06, 2021
Business greets Canada-U.S. border opening as glass half full due to testing rule
OTTAWA - Monday's reopening of the Canada-U.S. land border is sparking a mixed reaction among Canadian business leaders: They're excited that people and not just goods will be crossing the border agai...
Nov 06, 2021
Cargo ship off Victoria cleared to move to nearby port authority
VICTORIA - Transport Canada has cleared the way for a cargo ship that's been moored off the coast of Victoria since several containers caught fire and more than 100 were lost overboard to move to a ne...
Nov 05, 2021
Mixed reactions to Canada signing environmental pledge to reduce emissions by 2022.
PRINCE GEORGE- There is some big news affecting Canada coming from Glasgow Scotland. The United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, is taking place this week. Canada recently made ...
Nov 05, 2021
Conservative 'mini-caucus' on vaccine mandates won't contradict O'Toole, says MP
OTTAWA - A Conservative MP who is part of a group planning to advocate for those facing consequences for being unvaccinated against COVID-19 said Friday the cohort won't do anything to contradict Lead...
Nov 05, 2021
Industry group says climate pledges risk making Canada an outlier with competitors
Canada's climate pledges risk putting the country out of step with its economic competitors, the head of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers said Friday. Tim McMillan says that as Canada i...
Nov 05, 2021