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Federal cabinet decision on fate of Trans Mountain pipeline due Tuesday

OTTAWA — The Liberal government’s $4.5 billion gamble to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline in a bid to get it …

Election a chance to toughen climate change targets: McKenna

OTTAWA — Environment Minister Catherine McKenna is hinting that the upcoming Liberal election platform will promise deeper cuts to greenhouse-gas …

Liberals reject most Tory amendments to environmental assessment bill

OTTAWA — The federal government is rejecting most of the amendments proposed by Conservative senators to Bill C-69. A senior …

Trudeau calls out Tory premiers for ‘playing games’ with national unity over C-69

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it is “absolutely irresponsible” for conservative premiers to threaten to tear Canada apart …

Styrofoam take out boxes and straws among expected targets of plastics ban

OTTAWA — A national ban on the most harmful single-use plastics will very likely force restaurants and fast-food outlets to …

Liberals to announce plan to ban single use plastics as early as 2021

OTTAWA — The federal government will announce a plan Monday to ban harmful single-use plastics like drinking straws as early …

Average carbon-tax rebates are lagging federal estimates, data suggests

OTTAWA — The federal government has returned $1.75 billion in carbon-tax rebates to more than eight million Canadian families, the …

Tory changes to assessment bill favour industry over environment, Liberals say

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals say they are reviewing the changes the Senate has made to their environmental-assessment legislation but …

Philippines lifts Canadian travel ban but no return of ambassador yet

OTTAWA — The Philippines is slowly normalizing diplomatic relations with Canada now that the trash tiff of 2019 has come to a …

Canada’s emergency alert system can’t measure how many phones get the notices

OTTAWA — The federal government says it can’t measure how many people actually receive emergency-alert messages on their phones. The …

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