Canada

A list of actions being taken on climate change around the world

VANCOUVER - Fifteen young Canadians are suing the federal government over climate change. It's not the first climate change litigation. Here are five other cases: 1) An environmental group i...

Oct 25, 2019

Youths file lawsuit with Federal Court calling Ottawa to develop climate plan

VANCOUVER - A young plaintiff in a lawsuit against the federal government says she has suffered the debilitating consequences of Lyme disease because climate change has expanded the habitat of disease...

Oct 25, 2019

May sees room for consensus on climate action, pharmacare in new Parliament

OTTAWA - Green Leader Elizabeth May hopes to use whatever influence her three-member caucus has to ensure bolder climate action, a pharmacare plan and a promise of lower cellphone rates make thei...

Oct 25, 2019

Groups, councillor call on Montreal to end discriminatory police checks

Montreal community groups and a local city councillor want a ban on street checks by police. The coalition of groups announced today they'll ask the City of Montreal to put a moratorium on t...

Oct 25, 2019

Activist Greta Thunberg attends 'post-election climate strike' in Vancouver

VANCOUVER - Swedish activist Greta Thunberg attended a climate rally in Vancouver on Friday when 15 young people announced their plans to sue the federal government because of the impac...

Oct 25, 2019

N.S. government to return to talks with Crowns, as controversial law paused

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Liberal government today held off on enacting legislation that would have forced striking Crowns back to work, promising to return to the neg...

Oct 25, 2019

Quebec hopes Trump administration lawsuit doesn't force California out of carbon market

MONTREAL - The Trump administration won't slow down Quebec's progress on reducing carbon emissions, Premier Francois Legault said Wednesday following news that California is being sued for w...

Oct 25, 2019

Alberta to reduce spending by 3 per cent, but no cuts to health, education

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government will cut program spending by close to three per cent in Thursday's provincial budget. But Kenney, in a TV address Wednesday night, reiterate...

Oct 25, 2019

Trudeau regrets negative tone of campaign, promises co-operation ahead

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed regret Wednesday for the nastiness of the federal election campaign and vowed to find a way to work co-operatively with other parti...

Oct 25, 2019

Man guilty of attempting to murder Edmonton police officer, 4 pedestrians

EDMONTON - A man who struck a police officer with a car before stabbing him multiple times outside an Edmonton football game has been found guilty of attempted murder. Jurors have also ...

Oct 25, 2019