Tag Archives: Environment

WASHINGTON - Climate activists in the United States call it an abject failure, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is insisting the new North American trade agreement is a good deal for t...

VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Appeal is set to release its decision on the latest challenge of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on Tuesday. Four First Nations from British Columbia f...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Sobeys is preparing to phase out plastic grocery bags across the country this week, but for many Atlantic Canadians the "Sobeys bag" will live on in their kitchen cupboard...

ST-SAUVEUR, Que. - Quebec is expanding its deposit system to include all beverage containers, with the program getting under way by the end of 2022. The new program will cover containers ran...

OTTAWA - Environment Canada is releasing scientific evidence today to back up the government's bid to ban most single-use plastics next year. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced last June the gove...

MACKINAW CITY, Mich. - An energy company sees no reason to remove a narrow 270-foot (82.3 metre) rod from the Straits of Mackinac in northern Michigan, telling regulators that it poses no risk to the ...

GJOA HAVEN , Nunavut - Two converted sea cans sitting on the rocky tundra are bringing fresh vegetables to the Arctic. The overseas shipping containers have been turned into greenhouses that are&...

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says cabinet's decision on a massive new oilsands mine in Alberta will take into consideration what the province is doing to help Canada meet...

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A city in northern Saskatchewan is believed to be the first in the province to have banned plastic checkout bags Prince Albert city council passed a bylaw unanimously at a ...

An Indigenous organization is asking for a big funding boost from the federal government to put more people on the land who observe and report on changes to the environment. The Indigenous Guardians p...