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Canada's spy agency plans to offer 'significant' help assessing climate change threat

Canada's spy agency plans to offer 'significant' help assessing climate change threat

OTTAWA — A senior Canadian Security Intelligence Service official predicts the spy agency will make a "significant contribution" to understanding the threats posed by a warming planet as climate change accelerates.
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Champagne in U.S. to talk unblocking supply chain, and push rare-earth minerals

Champagne in U.S. to talk unblocking supply chain, and push rare-earth minerals

OTTAWA — Unblocking North America's clogged supply chain and making it more resilient to outside shocks — especially from China — tops François-Philippe Champagne's agenda as he starts two days of meetings in Washington.
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Researcher develops Canadian floodplain map to show impact of climate change flooding

Researcher develops Canadian floodplain map to show impact of climate change flooding

Low-lying areas of major cities like Vancouver and Montreal could become inundated with floods in the next 80 years under various climate change scenarios, suggests a floodplains map developed by a Western University researcher.
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Legault remains confident after voters in Maine say no to Hydro-Québec project

Legault remains confident after voters in Maine say no to Hydro-Québec project

MONTREAL — Maine residents have voted No to having a Hydro-Québec transmission line pass through the state, but Quebec Premier François Legault said Wednesday he is still confident the utility's $10-billion export contract to Massachusetts will come
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Health Canada reviewing AstraZeneca antibody drug to prevent symptomatic COVID-19

Health Canada reviewing AstraZeneca antibody drug to prevent symptomatic COVID-19

OTTAWA — AstraZeneca has asked Health Canada to review a new long-acting antibody combination that could be used to prevent symptomatic COVID-19. If approved, it would be the first antibody protection of its kind in Canada.
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Mayor of Williams Lake, B.C., apologizes for residential school repost

Mayor of Williams Lake, B.C., apologizes for residential school repost

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — The mayor of Williams Lake, B.C., has apologized for reposting a social media comment that suggested there are "two sides" to the history of residential schools.
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New Democrats say scrap outdated gender-based dress rules in House of Commons

New Democrats say scrap outdated gender-based dress rules in House of Commons

OTTAWA — New Democrats are calling for the "archaic" House of Commons dress code — which requires men to wear a jacket and tie to speak in the chamber — to be scrapped.
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Expert tells Lionel Desmond inquiry red flags for domestic violence were overlooked

Expert tells Lionel Desmond inquiry red flags for domestic violence were overlooked

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — The tragic case of a former soldier in Nova Scotia who killed his family and himself in 2017 was predictable and preventable, a domestic violence expert told an inquiry Wednesday. Dr.
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Officials track the origin of a 'murder hornet' possibly from the U.S., found in B.C.

Officials track the origin of a 'murder hornet' possibly from the U.S., found in B.C.

VANCOUVER — The remains of a giant hornet have been found in British Columbia, but the province's bee expert doubts there is any cause for alarm.
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Bank of Canada plans to keep eye on climate change impact on inflation

Bank of Canada plans to keep eye on climate change impact on inflation

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada says it plans to more closely monitor how increasingly frequent and severe weather events could impact the prices consumers pay for goods as part of its mandate to keep inflation in check.
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