Having a safe climate is becoming more of a human right globally with this week's European court decision that says countries must better protect people from climate change, something warming-hit residents of the Global South long knew, said former Ireland President Mary Robinson.
The federal carbon tax took a beating from polar opposite sides of the political spectrum this week at annual conservative and progressive conferences held just blocks from each other in Ottawa.
Indigenous leaders, climate activists and their allies from across the continent descended on Toronto on Thursday in an attempt to hold RBC leadership accountable for the bank’s decision to finance increased oil and gas expansion at the expense of local communities.
Residents argue that the project, spearheaded by James Dick Construction Ltd., poses environmental risks, threatens local water sources, endangers wildlife habitats and raises serious safety and health concerns for the community.
Separately but simultaneously, Canada's federal Conservative and NDP leaders laid out their respective visions for how best to defeat Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has introduced legislation to gatekeep and if necessary veto any future deal struck between municipalities and the federal government.
Homeless Indigenous women in the North do not feel well-protected by the RCMP and instead face violence and discrimination by police, a new report from the Yellowknife Women's Society has found.
