Jun 30 2022 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — A person accused in a sexual assault trial does not have the right to ambush their accuser with private records like medical files or personal journals in a bid to discredit them, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday, as it upheld expanded rape shield laws passed by the federal government in 2018. […]
Jun 30 2022 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — New federal regulations to force down the greenhouse gas emissions from gasoline and diesel will cost Canadians up to 13 cents more per litre at the pump by 2030. An impact analysis of the Clean Fuel Regulations published Wednesday estimates they will cut about 18 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in 2030, […]
Jun 29 2022 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — New federal regulations to force down the greenhouse gas emissions from gasoline and diesel will cost Canadians up to 13 cents more per litre at the pump by 2030. An impact analysis of the Clean Fuel Regulations published Wednesday estimates they will cut about 18 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in 2030, […]
Jun 27 2022 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal government is delaying new emissions standards on gasoline and diesel another year but is demanding the oil and gas sector make bigger cuts to fuel emissions by 2030 given how much more money the companies are now making. Cabinet approved the final regulations for the long-awaited Clean Fuel Standard last week […]
Jun 27 2022 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal government is delaying new emissions standards on gasoline and diesel another year but is demanding the oil and gas sector make bigger cuts to fuel emissions by 2030 given how much more money the companies are now making. Cabinet approved the final regulations for the long-awaited Clean Fuel Standard last week […]
Jun 27 2022 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — G7 leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, must make ending the COVID-19 pandemic a critical part of their summit in Germany, said a senior adviser to the director general at the World Health Organization. Dr. Bruce Aylward said failing to keep COVID-19 at the top of the agenda risks further economic harm and […]
Jun 23 2022 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed confidence in RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki Thursday but left it to her to defend allegations she put undue pressure on Nova Scotia RCMP to release details about the shooting spree that killed 22 people in April 2020. A report published Tuesday by the public inquiry into the massacre […]
Jun 21 2022 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal government has no immediate plans to cut prices at the pump by offering Canadians a temporary reprieve from the federal gas tax, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Tuesday. Canada is looking to stabilize global oil prices by increasing supply, something Wilkinson said is starting to happen. He said aid for […]
Jun 20 2022 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal government is banning companies from importing or making plastic bags and takeout containers by the end of this year, from selling them by the end of next year and from exporting them by the end of 2025. The move will also affect most single-use plastic straws, as well as all stir […]
Jun 20 2022 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canadians will need to find alternatives for plastic straws and grocery bags by the end of the year as the federal government puts the final motions in place to ban some single-use plastics. Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault and a number of other ministers and Liberal MPs will lay out the plastics ban in […]
Jun 16 2022 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The strategic mistake made in allowing Russia to have global dominance in oil and gas cannot be repeated as the world looks to massively ramp up production of critical minerals, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson asserted this week. Demand for critical minerals and metals — such as lithium, graphite, nickel, cobalt and copper […]
Jun 16 2022 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The strategic mistake made in allowing Russia to have global dominance in oil and gas cannot be repeated as the world looks to massively ramp up production of critical minerals, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson asserted this week. Demand for critical minerals and metals — such as lithium, graphite, nickel, cobalt and copper […]
Jun 13 2022 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Former Liberal MP Raj Grewal sent the names of 100 people he wanted to invite to receptions with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in India in 2018, and no one on his list raised any red flags with Trudeau's staff before the trip took place, an Ottawa courtroom heard Monday. Grewal, 36, is facing […]
Jun 13 2022 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Former Liberal MP Raj Grewal sent the names of 100 people he wanted to invite to receptions with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in India in 2018, and no one on his list raised any red flags with Trudeau's staff before the trip took place, an Ottawa courtroom heard Monday. Grewal, 36, is facing […]
Jun 9 2022 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — An operations supervisor at Casino Lac Leamy told an Ottawa courtroom Thursday that former Liberal MP Raj Grewal got so agitated playing blackjack four years ago, the incident was written up in a formal security report. Grewal was charged by the RCMP in September 2020 with four counts of breach of trust and […]