Tag Archives: Environment
Poilievre wants 'shovel-ready zones' with pre-approved construction permits
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre made his second election campaign-style announcement in as many days Thursday, just as news broke that Prime Minister Mark Carney is widely expected to be...
Mar 20, 2025
Montreal begins annual effort to clear tonnes of garbage exposed by snowmelt
MONTREAL - Street cleaning is a rite of spring in Montreal, after receding snow exposes months' worth of cigarette butts, dog waste, and other garbage. In a park east of downtown on Wednesday, city of...
Mar 19, 2025
Feds supply funding for proposed Ravensong Aquatic Centre expansion
QUALICUM BEACH - With a referendum fast approaching to upgrade Oceanside's only public pool facility, a substantial grant would help absorb some costs. On Wednesday, March 19 the Regional District of ...
Mar 19, 2025
Energy sector CEOs call on Ottawa to use emergency powers to speed up key projects
CALGARY - A group of top energy executives is calling on the leaders of the four federal political parties to declare a Canadian energy crisis and use emergency powers to help speed the development of...
Mar 19, 2025
End of consumer carbon tax leaves $1.5-billion hole in B.C. budget
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's budget shows that the impending end of the province's consumer carbon tax will leave a roughly $1.5-billion hole in its revenue streams, with one expert saying "there wi...
Mar 19, 2025
Consumers could find 'meaningful savings' as carbon price ends: Desjardins
OTTAWA - Canadians can expect to feel the absence of the consumer carbon price at the pumps immediately but it may take longer to notice a difference in the price of other goods, a new report released...
Mar 19, 2025
Rainy, warm weather leads to flooding, school closures in parts of Quebec
MONTREAL - Rain and record warm weather sent several southern Quebec rivers spilling over their banks on Monday, forcing residents from their homes and leading officials to close roads and cancel clas...
Mar 17, 2025
Poilievre says he'll repeal carbon price law including for big industrial emitters
L'ORIGNAL, Ont. - A Conservative government would repeal the entire carbon price law for consumers and big industry, Leader Pierre Poilievre said Monday on a visit to a steel mill in Eastern Ontario. ...
Mar 17, 2025
Eby announces ending of provincial carbon tax, after Carney kills federal version
British Columbia's government will follow through on its promise to repeal the province's consumer carbon tax after new Prime Minister Mark Carney moved to eliminate the federal version of the levy on...
Mar 14, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney's government terminates consumer carbon price
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's first move after taking office on Friday was to eliminate the consumer carbon price, undoing Justin Trudeau's signature climate policy. Carney addressed members o...
Mar 14, 2025