Environment
Arrests made as anti-pipeline protesters block Vancouver ports, defy injunction
Premier John Horgan has said the Coastal GasLink pipeline is of vital economic and social importance to the province’s north
Ontario Power Generation seeks new site to bury nuclear waste
Saugeen Ojibway Nation voted overwhelmingly last week to reject underground chamber plan
Quebec premier says returns will fly high with $30M airship investment
French firm Flying Whales would transport heavy cargo to the province’s far north by 2022-23
Hellmann’s Canada commits to using 100% recycled plastic
The initiative is projected to save one million kilograms of virgin plastic this year
Almost $150M in vaunted oceans protection funding not spent
Reasons offered for not spending their full allocations vary by department, including delays in capital projects and requests by Indigenous groups for more consultations
Environmental groups critical of Ontario government forestry plan
The PCs have proposed increasing logging on Crown-owned lands from 15 million cubic metres to 30 million cubic metres by 2030
Montreal to fully ban plastic bags by end of 2020, mayor announces
Montreal’s mayor said the recycling troubles were an “alarm” for the city that it needed to act
As forests burn around the world, drinking water is at risk
In Fort McMurray, Alta., the cost of treating ash-tainted water in its drinking-water system increased dramatically after a 2016 wildfire
Gildan receives distinction in the 2020 SAM Sustainability Yearbook
The clothing manufacturer achieved a mark between 5% and 10% of the top scores in the Textiles, Apparel and Luxury Goods category
Most Canadian households will get more than they pay from carbon tax: PBO
The federal government has written into law that 90% of the revenues collected from the fuel charge will be returned to individual households
