Articles by Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press

Jul 2 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Several B.C. First Nations vowed Thursday to keep their fight against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion going, despite losing what appears to be the last known legal option to overturn federal approval of the project. The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal from Squamish Nation, Tsleil-Waututh Nation and Coldwater Indian Band. The dismissal, which […]

Jul 2 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Several B.C. First Nations vowed Thursday to keep their fight against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion going, despite losing what appears to be the last known legal option to overturn federal approval of the project. The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal from Squamish Nation, Tsleil-Waututh Nation and Coldwater Indian Band. The dismissal, which […]

Jul 2 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Several B.C. First Nations vowed Thursday to keep their fight against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion going, despite losing what appears to be the last known legal option to overturn federal approval of the project. The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal from Squamish Nation, Tsleil-Waututh Nation and Coldwater Indian Band. The dismissal, which […]

Jun 25 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Some staff working for then-senator Don Meredith suffered harassment, including sexually, and the Senate's administrative committee regrets that, it said Thursday. The committee is also exploring financial compensation for the women targeted by Meredith, who resigned from the Senate in 2017. Sen. Sabi Marwah, the chair of the Senate's committee on internal economy, […]

Jun 25 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Some staff working for then-senator Don Meredith suffered harassment, including sexually, and the Senate's administrative committee regrets that, it said Thursday. The committee is also exploring financial compensation for the women targeted by Meredith, who resigned from the Senate in 2017. Sen. Sabi Marwah, the chair of the Senate's committee on internal economy, […]

Jun 25 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Some staff working for then-senator Don Meredith suffered harassment, including sexually, and the Senate's administrative committee regrets that, it said Thursday. The committee is also exploring financial compensation for the women targeted by Meredith, who resigned from the Senate in 2017. Sen. Sabi Marwah, the chair of the Senate's committee on internal economy, […]

Jun 25 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canadians who buy online from stores in the United States or Mexico will get a bit of reprieve from taxes and duties next week but only if their packages are delivered by a private courier. If Canada Post is the one tapped to drop the package in the mailbox or on the doorstep, the old rules […]

Jun 25 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canadians who buy online from stores in the United States or Mexico will get a bit of reprieve from taxes and duties next week but only if their packages are delivered by a private courier. If Canada Post is the one tapped to drop the package in the mailbox or on the doorstep, the old rules […]

Jun 25 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canadians who buy online from stores in the United States or Mexico will get a bit of reprieve from taxes and duties next week but only if their packages are delivered by a private courier. If Canada Post is the one tapped to drop the package in the mailbox or on the doorstep, the old rules […]

Jun 24 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal government is investing $5 million to create a national wildfire research network, two years after the Canadian Forest Service warned that Canada's expertise and research on forest fires was not keeping up with the dramatic shifts associated with climate change. Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan made the announcement in a virtual […]

Jun 24 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal government is investing $5 million to create a national wildfire research network, two years after the Canadian Forest Service warned that Canada's expertise and research on forest fires was not keeping up with the dramatic shifts associated with climate change. Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan made the announcement in a virtual […]

Jun 24 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal government is investing $5 million to create a national wildfire research network, two years after the Canadian Forest Service warned that Canada's expertise and research on forest fires was not keeping up with the dramatic shifts associated with climate change. Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan made the announcement in a virtual […]

Jun 23 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Campaign ads on social media and digital media websites are coming close to rivalling television in spending on election advertising by some of Canada's major political parties, new reports show. Elections Canada published the first expense reports from the 2019 federal election this week, listing what the Conservatives, Liberals, NDP and Marxist-Leninist Party […]

Jun 23 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Campaign ads on social media and digital media websites are coming close to rivalling television in spending on election advertising by some of Canada's major political parties, new reports show. Elections Canada published the first expense reports from the 2019 federal election this week, listing what the Conservatives, Liberals, NDP and Marxist-Leninist Party […]

Jun 19 2020 — Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is scaling back the government's planned Clean Fuel Standard in the short term to give the fossil fuel industry a bit more time to recover from the pandemic-induced economic collapse. But to make up for less stringent emissions reductions in the beginning, he said fuel producers will have to do more […]