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OTTAWA — A new report says the country will need roughly $2 trillion to put the economy on a path to net-zero emissions in 30 years, including government spending on things like skills training and backstops to prod the necessary investments.
"I think people are surprised when they learn how much technology is in agriculture now, and how much it has really improved."
Canada’s 2050 Net-Zero Climate Goal Means Big Spending and Risks, Say Industry, Analysts Banks’ lending to oil and gas sector under scrutiny due to climate change risks News Analysis As oil and gas investment faces growing scrutiny worldwide, Canada is seen as being particularly vulnerable in its transition to a lower carbon footprint. Nevertheless, its industry says it still has a vital role to play as investments appear likely to start shifting away from new fossil fuel projects in favour of research and innovation targeted at cutting emissions. “CAPP encourages any groups who are red...
For more information about CBC's First Person stories, please see . To be a Black person living in Saskatchewan is to be perceived as an ephemeral anachronism — at best understood in relation to the groups of refugees moving through or the odd highly-skilled immigrant professional who, for some reason, decided to stay. At worst, to be a Black person living in Saskatchewan is to be a punchline, a joke. Any other history of Blackness in the Prairies doesn't compute, although there are two centuries of it that reflect different waves of migrations and movements. This history has only very...
4:59 The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation installed a specialty water filtration system in the Tuluksak school on March 2, 2021. YKHC said that the system could provide enough drinking water for the entire Tuluksak Native Community, but soon the system was only being used by the school. The team got a water system with basic filtration up and running by mid-February. It was intended to provide water for things like cleaning and laundry. A couple weeks after that, the workers set up a reverse osmosis system, with extra filtration, to provide cleaner water intended for drinking. But up unti...