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The wildfires threatening communities in British Columbia's interior are now a dominant issue in this federal election campaign as candidates from all the parties try to win over B.C. voters who are in danger of losing everything.

People in Saskatchewan have been paying the federal carbon price on fuel, but Moes government had rejected that as being a punishing tax that made the province less competitive for business. He said that Saskatchewan would introduce a carbon price similar to New Brunswick’s that would "provide an immediate rebate right at the pump." In a letter sent to his provincial counterpart, federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says the federal government is updating its ben...

Canada still has a lot of work to do before it can exceed its targets to reduce emissions by 40 to 45 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised in April, said Canada’s budget watchdog on Wednesday. The report from the parliamentary budget officer (PBO) says increasing the carbon price to $170 per tonne of greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions, and tightening the rules for Canada’s largest industrial emitters, would reduce GHGs by nearly 100 megatonnes — from 6...

House Leader Pablo Rodriguez said today the Liberal government is determined to pass four key pieces of legislation before summer — and it's willing to use all necessary parliamentary manoeuvres to get it over the finish line.

Bill C-12, the Liberal government's net-zero emissions accountability act, could be a landmark moment in the history of Canada's efforts to combat climate change. But first it has to actually become law — and it's suddenly not obvious that will happen.

OTTAWA — Conservatives have moved to quash a government bill that mandates Ottawa set legally binding targets to hit net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 over a lack of representation from the oil and . . .

NDP team up with Liberals, promising to get its net-zero climate bill into the Senate by Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press Posted May 27, 2021 2:47 pm EDT Last Updated May 27, 2021 at 2:58 pm EDT OTTAWA — Federal New Democrats are ensuring the survival of a key piece of Liberal legislation aimed at keeping Canada accountable to its target of achieving net-zero carbon-related emissions by mid-century.  Parliamentarians are currently discussing Bill C-12 at a committee voting on a series of...

The students were in her graduating class, she said. “They were the nicest people that I knew, I love them so much,” said KSS graduate Tianna Parton. “I feel devastated.” A memorial has been set up at the intersection of Gordon Drive and Cook Road after three Kelowna students died in a car accident, May 26, 2021. (CARLI BERRY / iNFOnews.ca) Just after midnight yesterday, May 26, RCMP and B.C. Ambulance paramedics responded to the single vehicle collision. Officers arrived to find an...

Stephanie Taylor NDP MP Laurel Collins speaks as shes joined by NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh during a press conference on the front lawn of the B.C. Legislature in Victoria, B.C., on August 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito May 27, 2021 - 2:14 PM OTTAWA - Federal New Democrats are ensuring the survival of a key piece of Liberal legislation aimed at keeping Canada accountable to its target of achieving net-zero carbon-related emissions by mid-century. Parli...

(JENNA WHEELER / iNFOnews.ca) May 23, 2021 - 11:00 AM Its the long weekend in May and were still in the middle of a pandemic so a federal election and how local candidates are chosen likely isnt on the radar for most people. But there’s a mostly secretive process going on in the background that will determine who is going to speak for the residents of the five Thompson and Okanagan ridings in the region in the next federal parliament and most voters will have no part in that...