Trump signs executive orders to promote coal
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a series of executive orders aimed at boosting the struggling coal industry, a reliable but polluting energy source that’s long been in decline.
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The most recent leak in the Keystone oil pipeline continues its troubled history
The latest leak in the Keystone oil pipeline in North Dakota on Tuesday continues the troubled history of the 15-year-old pipeline.
Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure
Duelling visions for Canada’s future kick off in Ottawa
As US President Donald Trump unravels the status quo, something will have to be built to replace it. In Ottawa this week, the country's left and right wings are separately trying to hash out what that new vision is.
Deep energy rising
First Nations in oil country have a revolutionary plan to reclaim orphaned
wells and convert them to geothermal energy
The feds’ new billions for Trans Mountain weren’t a loan, filings show
A $20-billion loan for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion authorized by the federal government was actually primarily advanced as equity, new filings reveal. The equity portion, experts say, represents a nearly $15-billion bailout.
BC Conservatives under fire for letter backing Aaron Gunn
Provincial and municipal politicians in the North Island-Powell River riding are joining the fray on whether contentious Conservative candidate Aaron Gunn should remain as a candidate in the upcoming election.
It's hard to know who’s a ‘genuine’ asylum seeker. Just ask Anaida Poilievre’s uncle.
Even though the Conservative Party leader often denounces so-called "fake" refugees, his uncle-in-law is one of many who took the Roxham Road — and is a rejected asylum seeker.
Newborn killer whale spotted off BC coast is 'sign of hope': researchers
The Centre for Whale Research says one of its field biologists has spotted a new calf in a pod of endangered killer whales off British Columbia's southern coast.
National Weather Service stops translating products for non-English speakers
The National Weather Service is no longer providing language translations of its products, a change that experts say could put non-English speakers at risk of missing potentially life-saving warnings about extreme weather.
Carney, Poilievre talk about seniors, national parks, resource project approvals in B.C.
The Liberal and Conservative leaders both started the third week of the federal election campaign in British Columbia — a battleground province with 43 seats up for grabs when Canadians go to the polls.
More than 34,000 customers still powerless after spring storm tears through Ontario
Just over 35,000 customers still don't have power back in Ontario more than a week after a storm tore through the central and eastern parts of the province.
Party leaders campaign in Western Canada as election hits midpoint
The top three federal party leaders are in Western Canada Tuesday.
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Canada's automotive capital is bracing for the worst
Trump's tariffs have already sent 3,200 auto workers in Windsor home.