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California Just Became the First State to Require Solar Panels on New Residential Construction California just became the first state to mandate solar panels on nearly all new residential homes. The mandate is part of California’s “Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan,” which includes the goal...

Trudeau announces $40 million for railway underpass, more lanes on 50 Street Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $39.8 million Tuesday to build a railway underpass and add lanes to 50 Street, addressing one of the city’s worst traffic headaches. The project includes widening 50 Street to...

The costs of climate change are rising Debate about reducing Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions frequently references the costs of different policy choices going forward. There is comparatively little debate about the current and expected economic costs of climate change. Policy debate and...

Trudeau's Liberals follow through on $1.53-billion funding pledge to Green Line The Liberal government says it’s making good on its promise of green for Calgary’s Green Line LRT project. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed in an announcement Tuesday that Ottawa would put forward $1.53...

North Korea threatens to scrap Trump summit over military drills North Korea has called into question a much-anticipated and unprecedented summit between its leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump, the South's Yonhap news agency reported. Pyongyang also cancelled high-level talks due...

How do Conservatives deal with such incredibly good economic news? This is just devastating for people who care about the economy! Canadian Wage Growth Hits Highest Level In 6 Years As Jobless Rate Stays At Record Lows OTTAWA — Wage growth hit its highest level in nearly six years last...

Why Doug Trump and Donald Ford are cut from the same froth Ontarians who loathe Donald Trump are now liking Doug Ford. How to explain this apparent contradiction among voters — reviling the U.S. president while reconciling themselves to the Opposition leader who is poised to be our next...

Ford's campaign forced to defend 'take care of our own' comment TORONTO -- Facing criticism for suggesting Ontario has to "take care of our own" before pushing for immigrants to move to northern Ontario, Doug Ford's campaign team said the Tory leader is supportive of new Canadians and...

No wonder they tried to pull a fast one on us and Bombardier kicked their asses at the WTO. Now Trump (a lefty President if you were confused) is going to make them pay at least $20B for doing nothing of value. Shame. Boeing is among the 1st casualties of the hardline on Iran...

Does Doug Ford know how to pass a bill? Does PC Leader Doug Ford know how a bill becomes law? That's the question he was asked while campaigning Wednesday. He didn't give an answer, instead accusing the reporter of asking a "gotcha question" before quickly segueing. "I'm going to show you how...

Gee, I wonder why. Israel pounds Syria after Iranian rocket attack, sparking fears of escalation in Middle East Israel said it attacked nearly all of Iran’s military infrastructure in Syria on Thursday after Iranian forces fired rockets at Israeli-held territory for the first time. It was...

Free speech rally organized in protest. Oh wait, that would never happen lol Trump suggests revoking journalists’ credentials for reporting negative news about him In his latest volley against the news media, U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested that reporters have their...

Kinder Morgan shareholders vote to improve the company’s climate change reporting Kinder Morgan shareholders have voted in favour of two resolutions calling on one of North America’s largest energy infrastructure companies to improve reporting on its climate change impacts. The vote at the...

Activists claim victory as Trudeau's oil tanker ban passes Commons As environmentalists bemoan the Liberal government's promise to build the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, Ottawa handed them a victory of sorts last night with the passage of an tanker moratorium bill that will...

Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline won't get built, Vancouver mayor says Kinder Morgan Inc.’s proposed expansion of an oil pipeline to Canada’s Pacific Coast will never happen because local opposition to the project that’s dividing the nation is only going to intensify, according to the...

B.C. government sets greenhouse reduction targets to 60 per cent by 2040 VICTORIA—British Columbia’s government is counting on businesses, communities and residents to help fight climate change over the coming decades, the province’s environment minister said Monday. George Heyman has...

On the eve of the official kick-off of the Ontario provincial election, Kathleen Wynne’s governing Liberals have fallen to third place and the second-place NDP has considerable room to grow, according to a shocking new poll. The online poll of 1,010 eligible voters, conducted on May 3 and 4 for...

Liberals call for Elections Ontario probe of PCs 'Ford Nation Live' video ads The Ontario Liberals say the Progressive Conservatives use of "fake news" videos as advertisements may violate campaign finance law and are calling for Elections Ontario to investigate the allegations. "The Ford...

Majority of U.S. Muslims Now Support Gay Marriage, While White Christians Remain Opposed Opposition to same-sex marriage has decreased across a broad swath of religious groups in the United States, with white evangelical Christians one of the few movements for which a majority remains in...

Maybe he shouldn't have colluded with her. Ford cans PC candidate Granic Allen following YouTube video comments PC Leader Doug Ford dumped one of his most high-profile candidates Saturday — fellow leadership contender and supporter Tanya Granic Allen — just hours after the Ontario Liberals...