Sarah Mills: Western separatists should consider forming their own party
Western separation is coming up once again in the wake of Mark Carney's election win, but Sarah Mills says those in favo...
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Police arrest five protesters for refusing to leave anti-logging blockades in B.C.
PORT RENFREW, B.C. - Mounties arrested five people at anti-logging blockades on southern Vancouver Island as they enforced a court injunction Tuesday. Dozens of RCMP officers converged on a series of ...
May 18, 2021
Saskatchewan wildfire grows, forcing evacuations in the area to expand
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Dry conditions and strong winds caused a large wildfire to grow Tuesday near Saskatchewan's third-largest city even as firefighters fought the flames. "The fire continues to rag...
May 18, 2021
Early survey results show big concerns in Alberta over Rocky Mountain coal mining
EDMONTON - Early results from a provincial survey on coal mining in the Rocky Mountains show Albertans have major concerns about expanding the industry. "More than 90 per cent of respondents felt ther...
May 18, 2021
Environmentalists happy with International Energy Agency report; industry not so much
Environmentalists say a report from the International Energy Agency that concludes investment in new fossil fuel sources must end if the world is to meet its climate goals has a strong message for Can...
May 18, 2021
India scours sea after barge sinks, 2nd adrift after cyclone
NEW DELHI (AP) - The Indian navy is working to rescue crew members from a sunken barge and a second cargo vessel that was adrift Tuesday off the coast of Mumbai after a deadly cyclone struck the weste...
May 18, 2021
RCMP move to end blockades against logging on Vancouver Island
PORT RENFREW, B.C. - The RCMP have begun enforcing a court injunction banning blockade camps set up to prevent logging in areas of southwestern Vancouver Island. The Mounties are temporarily controlli...
May 17, 2021
Ottawa looking for 2,000 new energy auditors to get home retrofit program going
OTTAWA - The federal government is looking to train 2,000 more people to do energy audits as it tries to get a new green home renovation program off the ground. Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Reg...
May 17, 2021
India braces for powerful cyclone amid deadly virus surge
NEW DELHI (AP) - A powerful cyclone roaring in the Arabian Sea was moving toward India's western coast on Monday as authorities tried to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people and suspended COVID-19...
May 17, 2021
Dogged by Mideast crisis, US envoy Blinken visits Denmark
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Denmark on Monday for talks on climate change, Arctic policy and Russia as calls grew for the Biden administration to take a to...
May 17, 2021
Western MP pitches Conservative carbon price with a 24-pack of Pilsner
OTTAWA - Ron Liepert says these days, the phone calls and emails from people wanting to talk about his party's climate plan have slowed. One month ago, the Conservative MP for Calgary Signal Hill was ...
May 16, 2021
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