B.C. greenhouse gas emissions near 2007 levels despite carbon tax

VICTORIA — Carbon emissions in British Columbia in 2017 were only slightly below 2007 levels despite a long-running strategy to fight climate change that includes a...

Student editors band together to save campus papers after fees change

TORONTO — Editors at campus newspapers across Ontario say government-mandated changes to tuition fees have forced them to look for creative ways to deal with the...

Use of fake social media bots in Alberta election coming in federal vote: experts

EDMONTON — A federal report confirming the use of false social media posts to try to manipulate last spring’s Alberta election points to dangers for the...

‘Friends of Science’ thanks Elections Canada for warning on climate-change talk

OTTAWA — A Calgary organization that argues climate change is nothing close to a global emergency says Elections Canada is right to keep a close eye...

Crews work to restore power and clear debris left in Dorian’s wake

Proud to see @CanadianArmy soldiers on #OpLENTUS assisting communities in Atlantic Canada after hurricane #Dorian. As Nova Scotia Power works to restore services to affected areas...

Tory leader pitches tax cuts, NDP woos Liberals ahead of Manitoba election day

WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s political leaders made their final pitches to voters Monday — one day before an election that determines whether the Progressive Conservatives win a...

Alberta’s child advocate calls for changes to segregation, use of pepper spray

Quebec, Ontario first targets in launch of Conservative election campaign

OTTAWA — The Conservative campaign machine revs up in earnest this week, with two events scheduled Wednesday in places where the party aims to increase its...

In Francois Legault’s Coalition Avenir Quebec caucus, men outearn women

QUEBEC — Within Quebec Premier Francois Legault’s Coalition Avenir Quebec caucus, the most prestigious and best-paid jobs most often go to men. Of 75 legislature members,...

Liberals promise new spending, Tories rally on Manitoba campaign trail

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba Liberal Party promised major spending increases and a rising carbon tax Sunday as it released its full platform and tried to differentiate...