Billions in compensation expected after Supreme Court rules …
Jul 26, 2024 · “For almost a century and a half, the Anishinaabe have been left with an empty shell of a treaty promise,” the Supreme Court of Canada found in the unanimous ruling released on Friday. While a decision that sets out the rights and obligations of the parties involved is helpful, the court said “given the longstanding and egregious nature of the Crown’s breach,” simply clarifying roles ...
Liberals plan to give $250 cheques, cut GST over holidays
Nov 21, 2024 · Canadians who worked in 2023 and earned less than $150,000 would also receive a $250 cheque in the spring. About 18.7 million people will receive the cheques, costing the government about $4.7 billion, while the GST break is expected to cost another $1.6 billion.
Anna Merlan | Canada's National Observer: Climate News
Dec 11, 2024 · Anna Merlan is a senior reporter at Mother Jones covering disinformation, technology, and extremism. She was previously a senior reporter at Vice and Gizmodo Media Group, and was on staff at the Village Voice and the Dallas Observer. Over her career, she's frequently covered conspiracy theories, actual conspiracies, sexual violence, scams, cults, crime, politics, and new religious movements ...
BC election 2024: where do parties stand on climate?
Sep 25, 2024 · Fighting the 2023 wildfires, the worst season in B.C.’s history, cost the province nearly $1.1 billion and this summer’s response costs are expected to reach $886 million, which does not include the losses of people’s homes and businesses, insurance costs, or the losses and added costs to farmers and ranchers. Fires, floods and …
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Canadians on the right and left want nature protected
Dec 12, 2024 · Canadians want political parties to commit to protecting nature in their upcoming federal election platforms. That’s a key finding of a new nation-wide poll conducted by EKOS Research.. Nearly seven in 10 respondents say they are less likely to vote for a party whose platform lacks commitment to nature.
Calls for Canada to ban bee-killing pesticides after damning CNO ...
Nov 27, 2024 · Environmental and health protection groups are asking the government to temporarily ban a class of toxic insecticides until an independent expert panel has determined they are safe — following a bombshell investigation by Canada's National Observer that revealed how federal officials colluded with the pesticide industry to keep three pesticides on the market.
Canada's National Observer: Climate News
Dec 12, 2024 · Canada's National Observer publishes journalism in the public interest. Award-winning investigative journalism and daily news reporting on climate change, energy, the environment and politics, along with a Special Reports …
Thousands march in Toronto to demand justice for Grassy Narrows
Sep 18, 2024 · The disaster has had cascading effects downstream for decades, with many from Grassy Narrows harvesting mercury-poisoned foods and water. About 90 per cent of Grassy Narrows' population is believed to exhibit symptoms of mercury poisoning, which leads to health problems such as tremors, insomnia, memory loss, neuromuscular effects, headaches and cognitive and motor dysfunction.
Churchill at a Crossroads: looking forward from the past
Oct 18, 2024 · The prospective conservation area would stretch down the western edge of Hudson Bay on Manitoba’s Arctic coastline, producing an increase in resources, regulations and support to ensure a healthy coast in the sensitive low-arctic waters. Churchill, along with several First Nations, will decide the project's fate, government officials and environmental campaigners told Canada’s National ...