Chalk River nuclear waste facility challenged in court, again
Nov 25, 2024 · Construction of a radioactive waste mound near the Ottawa River was challenged in federal court last week. The contentious project would allow Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) to permanently dispose of one million cubic metres of radioactive waste in a shallow mound about 190 kilometres northwest of Ottawa, as a solution to radioactive waste accumulated since the 1940s as well as waste from ...
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.
Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s …
Oct 18, 2024 · Reaching net zero is impossible without nature. In the absence of technology that can remove atmospheric carbon on a large scale, the Earth’s vast forests, grasslands, peat bogs and oceans are the only option for absorbing human carbon pollution, which reached a record 37.4bn tonnes in 2023.. At least 118 countries are relying …
Billions in compensation expected after Supreme Court rules …
Jul 26, 2024 · “For almost a century and a half, the Anishinaabe have been left with an empty shell of a treaty promise,” the Supreme Court of Canada found in the unanimous ruling released on Friday. While a decision that sets out the rights and obligations of the parties involved is helpful, the court said “given the longstanding and egregious nature of the Crown’s breach,” simply clarifying roles ...
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 …
Nova Scotia Tories appear set to win election
Nov 25, 2024 · With two days left before Nova Scotians elect their next government, polls suggest Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston’s decision to call an early vote will pay off and the real battle will be between the Liberals and NDP for second place.. The Progressive Conservatives are seeking a second consecutive mandate Tuesday after sweeping the Liberals from power in August 2021.
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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.
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 …
Exclusive: How a federal agency colluded with a pesticide maker to ...
Oct 17, 2024 · The federal pesticide regulator collaborated with an agrochemical giant to undermine research by a prominent Canadian scientist to stave off an impending ban of a class of pesticides harmful to human brains and sperm and deadly to bees, insects and birds, Canada's National Observer has found.. Water sampling data collected on the Prairies by Christy Morrissey, a Canadian ecologist and ...