Canada

Poliquin led the NML during a tumultuous time. CBC News first broke the story in 2019 of two staff scientists who were investigated and later fired after one of them sent a shipment of deadly viruses to China, sparking a political firestorm over concerns of espionage and laboratory security.

Eight minutes into a corporate phone call Liam Iliffe, a B.C.-based political staffer turned industry executive, starts to outline strategies he says the multinational fossil fuel company uses to influence provincial, federal and state governments in Canada, the United States and Mexico. The corporation employs lobbyists and...

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/westjet-flight-cancellations-work-stoppage-1.7248086

This guy is seriously delusional....

The University of Waterloo in Canada has filed a lawsuit against its students for continuing its pro-Palestine encampment urging the university to disclose and divest from Israel....

Hurried pursuit of a liquefied natural gas windfall in B.C. and Alberta will squander a key component of Canada’s long-term energy security while causing environmental devastation, according to a new report....

In 1992, federal Fisheries Minister John Crosbie shut down the northern cod fishery — putting more than 20,000 people out of work in one of the largest industrial layoffs in Canadian history — as cod catches dwindled and harvesters were alarmed by the sight of smaller and smaller fish.

For Ed Wiebe, seeing prominent ads claiming that “B.C. LNG will reduce global emissions” while on his daily bike ride to work as a climate researcher was particularly galling....

Do you live in Canada? Have you been impacted by pro-landlord policies? Are you curious to know if your member of parliament is a landlord or invested in real estate in some way?...

Earlier this month, Ontario unanimously passed the Homeowner Protection Act, 2024. The legislation will end a practice that has seen thousands of Ontarians unwittingly sign contracts that enable home-equipment rental companies to take security interests in their homes....

Repair work on the five additional "hot spots" of the Bearspaw south feeder main is now complete, but the full restoration of Calgary's water supply is still days away....