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Canada's new net-zero advisory panel to explore 'carbon budget' as part of 2050 goal
OTTAWA - The co-chair of an expert panel designed to advise Canada on how to reach net-zero emissions says it is exploring the idea of creating budgets for greenhouse gas emissions. Dan Wicklum says t...
Jul 07, 2021
'Replacing the money': public funds didn't increase oil well cleanups, study suggests
Much of the taxpayer money that has funded oil well cleanup in Alberta may have simply replaced money that energy companies would have spent anyway, according to a new analysis. That means the public ...
Jul 06, 2021
A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country
As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational faciliti...
Jul 06, 2021
RCMP make 11 arrests at old-growth logging blockades on Vancouver Island
PORT RENFREW, B.C. - Another 11 people have been arrested by RCMP enforcing an injunction against blockades set up to prevent old-growth logging on southern Vancouver Island. The Mounties say several ...
Jul 06, 2021
RCMP make nine arrests at old-growth logging blockades on Vancouver Island
PORT RENFREW, B.C. - RCMP in British Columbia have arrested another nine people for breaching an injunction against blockades set up to prevent old-growth logging on southern Vancouver Island. The Mou...
Jul 06, 2021
Ranchers affected by Lytton and Lillooet fires anxious to return, count their losses
KAMLOOPS - Ranchers around the Lytton and Lillooet areas are anxiously awaiting to get back onto their property to check on cattle after the devastating fires that ripped through those areas. It is st...
Jul 06, 2021
Ranchers, rural residents affected by local wildfires say they aren't getting the help they need
KAMLOOPS - Bob Haywood-Farmer and his family have set up sprinklers all around their property on Tunkwa Lake Road. While the Durand Lake wildfire is a few kilometres away, they are still prepared. "We...
Jul 06, 2021
Officials: Storm lashing Florida strengthens into hurricane
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Weather forecasters say a storm that has been lashing Florida over the past day has intensified into a hurricane. The National Weather Service said Tuesday that Hurricane E...
Jul 06, 2021
First Nations leader pledges action after rail service resumes by Lytton, B.C.
LYTTON, B.C. - One of two rail companies with routes through Lytton, B.C., says it has resumed service after a wildfire devastated the village last week, a move one First Nations leader says he's will...
Jul 06, 2021
Eric Adams wins Democratic primary in NYC’s mayoral race
NEW YORK (AP) - Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City after appealing to the political center and promising to strike the right balance betwee...
Jul 06, 2021
