25 charges against a company that was auditing carbon offsets show how hard it is to regulate For the first time ever, a Canadian province has filed criminal charges against a business for giving false information about carbon offsets, according to a spokesperson for Alberta’s Environment Ministry. This shows that companies in a complicated, rapidly…
2 activists say they will ask people to join the PC party so they can vote for the premier in the leadership review Christian conservative groups in New Brunswick that are trying to get people to support Premier Blaine Higgs now have enough signatures to be a deciding factor in any vote to review his…
The tornado on July 15, 2021, caused a lot of damage, but most of it has been fixed Nearly two years after a tornado tore up Christine Corelli-Gowan’s backyard and caused nearly $75,000 worth of damage, her Barrie, Ont. home looks as good as new. But there are some lasting effects that aren’t physical, like…
In the town of less than 10,000 people, homelessness is getting worse Dwayne Hawkes didn’t think of himself as homeless until he gave it a lot of thought. The Amherst, N.S., man had no electricity in his apartment for a month because of a disagreement about the lease on his rental unit. He had to…
Advocates say that people want to protest about the housing crisis, but there are still a number of problems Tenants in several buildings in Toronto’s west end who are on strike because their rents went up a lot say they have gotten a lot of support from all over the country. Bruno Dobrusin, an organizer…
Becoming a Canadian citizen has given me culture shock and changed the way I look at things in good ways This First Person piece was written by Olabisi Adesina, a business professional from Nigeria who lives in Regina. To find out more about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ. When I came down the stairs the other…
On Friday, the leader of Saskatchewan will deliver a message to senior White House and business officials in Washington Some people are calling the rush to stake claims for lithium and other important minerals the third “gold rush” in Saskatchewan. First Nations say that they were left out of the development process in the past,…
Before applying Aydin Coban’s 13-year sentence to Dutch law, judges want to know when he is likely to be released Judges in Amsterdam want more information from Canadian authorities before they decide how to punish a Dutch man who was found guilty last year of extorting and harassing a teenager named Amanda Todd in British…
Under certain rules, the plant near Slave Lake can keep running for now A refinery near Slave Lake in northern Alberta is in danger of being shut down because it has been processing oil without permission from the government for 22 years. The order from June 20 says that the Enerchem plant was never approved…
The young birds are a problem for drivers because they can’t fly, so they wander through traffic Crowds of lost gulls are making a fuss in a mall parking lot that is hundreds of kilometers from the ocean. Dozens of the young birds, which can’t fly yet, are walking around outside Parkwood Place in downtown…