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B.C.-based legal group urges Canadian Bar Association to take climate leadership
VICTORIA - A group of lawyers wants the Canadian Bar Association to adopt a climate leadership resolution when the organization holds its annual general meeting on Wednesday. Lawyers for Climate Justi...
Feb 16, 2021
'Hollow promises': Top coal scientist warns Albertans of contamination from mining
EDMONTON - One of North America's top experts on pollution from coal mines is warning Albertans about the dangers of expanding the industry in the province's Rocky Mountains. "Expansion of coal-mining...
Feb 16, 2021
Nunavut hunters end blockades, mine pushes ahead with injunction against them
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Baffinland Iron Mine Corp. has pushed ahead with an injunction against a group of Nunavut hunters who blocked the road and airstrip at its Mary River mine in protest of a plan to ex...
Feb 13, 2021
Quebec-born cheetahs settling in well ahead of release into Zimbabwe wilderness
MONTREAL - A pair of Quebec-born cheetahs are adapting to life under the African sun in preparation to be released in a rare, international "rewilding" project that conservationists hope will help ens...
Feb 13, 2021
Court told Alberta commissioner should continue foreign funding of oil critics probe
CALGARY - A court has been told that a man leading an inquiry into alleged foreign-funded anti-Alberta energy campaigns should be allowed to continue his work because accusations of bias are unfounded...
Feb 12, 2021
Former Obama adviser Podesta on Biden's Keystone XL decision: 'He's not going back'
WASHINGTON - A senior adviser to two former U.S. presidents delivered a stark message Friday to Canadians hoping for the resurrection of the Keystone XL pipeline: get over it. The project is gone and ...
Feb 12, 2021
Alberta to expand world's largest connected stretch of boreal forest preserve
EDMONTON - Alberta plans to expand the world's largest connected stretch of boreal forest preserve. Environment Minister Jason Nixon said Thursday the province wants to protect more than 1,400 square ...
Feb 11, 2021
Nunavut hunters agree to end protest at iron ore mine after offer of meeting
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Lawyers for Inuit hunters who blocked an airstrip and road at an iron ore mine in Nunavut say they will end their protest for now. The blockade started a week ago after seven hunter...
Feb 11, 2021
Ottawa announces $55M in clean tech funding for 20 companies
OTTAWA - The federal government has announced $55 million in funding to support Canada's clean technology sector. The money is from a pool of $750 million announced in December for Sustainable Develop...
Feb 11, 2021
'Political gunfight:' Environmental law group challenges Alberta oil inquiry in court
CALGARY - An environmental charity is arguing an inquiry into alleged foreign-led campaigns targeting the oil and gas sector set out to label green groups as anti-Alberta and disrupt their funding bef...
Feb 11, 2021
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