Mia Rabson

Reporter with the Canadian Press

419 Articles

A helicopter carrying a water bucket flies past a pyrocumulus cloud, also known as a fire cloud, produced by the Lytton Creek wildfire burning in the mountains above Lytton, B.C., on Sunday, August 15, 2021. File photo by The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Health of Canadians at risk as climate change drives more heat waves and fires

A new report examining the health impacts of climate change prompts warnings from doctors that we need to do more to adapt to the reality of a warmer planet.

Race Against Climate Change

GM workers use human assistance automation on vehicle doors at the General Motors assembly plant during the COVID-19 pandemic in Oshawa, Ont., on Friday, March 19, 2021. File photo by The Canadian Press/Nathan Denette

More than 880,000 Canadian jobs at stake as we transition to clean energy

The Canadian Institute for Climate Choices is warning in its publication Sink or Swim, that if these industries and federal and provincial governments don't acknowledge that change is coming and prepare for it, there could be devastating consequences.

Race Against Climate Change

flare stack, Imperial Oil refinery, Edmonton,

Canadians will remain among biggest energy users during push to net zero

Canadians are — and will remain — among the biggest consumers of energy over the next decade even as policies ramp up to make the country more energy-efficient, a global energy forecast suggests.

Race Against Climate Change

A vial of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is pictured at an Alberta Health Services vaccination clinic in Didsbury, Alta., on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. File photo by The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

Pfizer's vaccine for kids age five and up could be up for approval in about a week

The first COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 12 could be in front of Health Canada's review team in just days, and Pfizer expects to start shipping a new pediatric formulation of its vaccine shortly after it gets the green light.

Coronavirus in Canada

People pump gas into their vehicles at a Esso gas station in Toronto on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. File photo by The Canadian Press/Tijana Martin

Gasoline sales hit lowest level in two decades during first year of pandemic

Pandemic lockdowns left Canadian cars sitting idle in driveways and garages for weeks on end last year

Coronavirus in Canada

Canada is formally invoking a treaty on pipelines with the United States in a bid to prevent Michigan from turning off the taps to Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline. File photo by Dale G Young / The Associated Press

Canada invokes pipeline treaty with U.S. in dispute over Line 5

Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau said in a statement Monday that the transit pipeline treaty “guarantees the uninterrupted transit of light crude oil and natural gas liquids between the two countries.”

UN envoy Bob Rae urges Canada to share extra vaccines with world

Canada's envoy to the United Nations says Canada needs to share more of its COVID-19 vaccine surpluses with less fortunate countries.

Coronavirus in Canada

Workers unload a shipment of the Moderna COVID‑19 vaccine at the FedEx hub at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Thursday, May 20, 2021. File photo by The Canadian Press/Cole Burston

Canada has more COVID vaccines than it needs, halts further deliveries

Further deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines to Canada are on pause because provinces already have more doses than they can currently use.

Coronavirus in Canada

A heavy hauler truck transports material from Suncor's North Steepbank in the oil sands in Fort McMurray, Alta., on Monday, June 13, 2017. File photo by The Canadian Press/Jason Franson

Election strengthened support for strong action on climate change

Two years ago environment groups applauded the federal election results as a win after almost two in every three voters picked a party with a clear commitment to combating climate change.

Election 2021

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is joined on stage by wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, and children Xavier and Ella-Grace, during his victory speech at Party campaign headquarters in Montreal, early on Sept.21, 2021. Photo by The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Liberal win returns virtually identical Parliament

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be returning to Ottawa without the majority government mandate Liberals had hoped for when he called the early election last month.

Election 2021