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Legal challenge over the federal government's carbon tax will come in next few weeks, says Scott Moe CBC News March 28, 2018 Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said Wednesday that the province will go to court over the federal government's carbon tax. Moe told reporters that in the coming weeks...

VANCOUVER — Vancouver restaurateurs are among many in the region with their eyes fixed on fuel prices as they weigh how to react to the high cost at the pumps. The big question on the minds of pizzeria owners like Kenan Gov and Franco Bastone is whether they’ll need to raise prices to cover the...

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After identifying 56 cases where families were “broken apart,” Motherisk Commission calls for sweeping changes in a report with 32 recommendations to “help ensure that no family suffers a similar injustice in the future.” Ontario’s Motherisk Commission is calling for significant changes to the...

Over Trudeau's tanker Ban. First Nations leaders behind the proposed $16-billion Eagle Spirit pipeline project from Alberta to the British Columbia coast launched a GoFundMe campaign Wednesday to help pay for a court challenge to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s oil tanker ban on Canada’s...

Should we just use bitumen for domestic use and current obligated exports and only export our sweet crude, upgraded heavy crude and kerogen? Yes? No? Why? Ontario is paying for Trump's tax cuts. In 2016, Ontario imports were all from the U.S. and more than tripled to reach 85 Mb/d...

The suicide rate among teen girls reached a 40-year high in 2015, according to new analysis from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers found a substantial increase in suicides among teen girls and boys in the U.S. from 1975 to 2015, with the rate among girls hitting a...

Special weather statement issued for parts of Vancouver Island Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for parts of Vancouver Island as Arctic air pushes in and temperatures are set to plunge. According to the weather agency, an area of low pressure will arrive Saturday...

STAMFORD, Conn. — A former Connecticut firefighter who sold cocaine at the firehouse while on duty has been sentenced to three years in prison. The Advocate reports 46-year-old Mark Monroe was sentenced Thursday in Stamford to three years in jail followed by 10 years of special parole. Monroe...

Saskatoon and Regina saw the fastest population growth out of all the major census metropolitan areas (CMA) in Canada according to a new report from Statistics Canada. The report looks at population growth from July 1, 2016 through July 1, 2017. In that time the population of the Saskatoon area...

Shouts of 'murderer' in courtroom after Gerald Stanley acquitted in Colten Boushie shooting. Several people in the courtroom yelled "Murderer!" seconds after a Saskatchewan jury found Gerald Stanley not guilty of killing Colten Boushie early Friday evening. As a sheriff's deputy put his hand...

Keepers of the Earth A First Nations’ led $17-billion project to build an oil pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast has put in motion a back-up plan to site its terminal across the border in Alaska to get around an imminent oil tanker ban in British Columbia’s northern coast. Vancouver-based...

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Atoadaso So a Tesla drove across the United States. That such a feat is no longer big news is testament to how far EVs have come and an indication electric vehicles are no longer limited to urban use. What is newsworthy, however, is that Alex Roy, The Drive’s editor-at-large (and expert...

We voted for Koch after hard deliberation with Moe as second choice over Tina Beaudry Mellor. Those three are hardcore anti-carbon tax. With the lowest debt and back in black come spring we don't need to be scammed like BC AB or Ontario. Cheveldayoff is an over the top Born Yesterday Christian...

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You can't make this shit up but at least there is hope for blackloaf. The U.K. has appointed a minister for loneliness to deal with what Prime Minister Theresa May called “the sad reality of modern life” for too many people. Last year, a British commission found that nearly nine million people...

Don't bogart my energy! Electricity usage for indoor grows is off the charts Now before you roll your eyes, kick back, and light up: Researchers have estimated that indoor grow operations account for a whopping 1 percent of total electricity use in the United States each year. (Indoor grows...

Who wants ice cream? (Phys.org)—Is Earth slowly heading for a new ice age? Looking at the decreasing number of sunspots, it may seem that we are entering a nearly spotless solar cycle which could result in lower temperatures for decades. "The solar cycle is starting to decline. Now we have...

Heated garages are awesome for the environment! Anyhoo I doubt the author has experienced the 5 or 6 annual Polar Vortices a real Canadian experiences. Talk about a rough winter. Here we are approaching the end of March and Jack Frost’s icy grip still has a stranglehold on many parts of the...