Economic update will outline deficit, new border security package
Dec 16, 2024 · The Liberal government in Ottawa is set to unveil its fall economic update today, its first spending package since Donald Trump won the November presidential election.
Documents reveal Canada's early efforts to save orcas from ...
Nov 7, 2024 · Fisheries and Oceans Canada has launched measures to try and protect endangered orcas on the West Coast from rising risk of oil spills, indicate federal documents obtained by Canada’s National Observer through access-to-information legislation.. The fisheries department (DFO) has invested in vessels and acoustic gear, drafted an operating procedure for fishery officers, maintains community ...
Strange Bedfellows: Russia, North Korea, and the war in Ukraine
Nov 26, 2024 · In Episode seven of Mortal Giants — Strange Bedfellows: Russia, North Korea and the War in Ukraine — Sandy Garossino talks with Vina Nadjibulla about the political developments between Russia, North Korea and the war in Ukraine that began in …
'Concrete revolution' takes aim at construction’s worst polluter
Sep 17, 2024 · “No shortage of ideas” Concrete has been used in construction for millennia, from the dome of the Pantheon in ancient Rome to the world’s biggest hydropower project, China’s Three Gorges Dam – and closer to home in the iconic contour base of Toronto’s CN Tower.. Cement makes up only 10-15 per cent of a typical concrete mix, but because it’s manufactured using fossil-fuel fired ...
Vancouver has one last chance to get the gas question right
Nov 25, 2024 · The most forward-thinking places in the world recognize this and are turning off the gas taps. New York became the first U.S. state to ban gas stoves and heating in most new buildings in 2023 and California has a plan to follow suit by 2030.. Here at home, Quebec recently decided to phase out fossil-based natural gas heating in all homes by 2040. And other B.C. municipalities including ...
Facing an imminent deadline, nations struggle to agree on a …
Nov 20, 2024 · As a workaround, Ecuador Ambassador Luis Vayas Valdivieso, who will chair the upcoming United Nations meeting to be held from Nov. 25 to Dec. 1 in Busan, South Korea, has developed a shorter, streamlined draft called a “non-paper” because of its unofficial status. It leaves key treaty provisions without suggested text.
Thousands march in Toronto to demand justice for Grassy Narrows
Sep 18, 2024 · The disaster has had cascading effects downstream for decades, with many from Grassy Narrows harvesting mercury-poisoned foods and water. About 90 per cent of Grassy Narrows' population is believed to exhibit symptoms of mercury poisoning, which leads to health problems such as tremors, insomnia, memory loss, neuromuscular effects, headaches and cognitive and motor dysfunction.
Canada's National Observer: Climate News
Dec 12, 2024 · Canada's National Observer publishes journalism in the public interest. Award-winning investigative journalism and daily news reporting on climate change, energy, the environment and politics, along with a Special Reports …
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Canadians on the right and left want nature protected
Dec 12, 2024 · Canadians want political parties to commit to protecting nature in their upcoming federal election platforms. That’s a key finding of a new nation-wide poll conducted by EKOS Research.. Nearly seven in 10 respondents say they are less likely to vote for a party whose platform lacks commitment to nature.