Ottawa to regulate controversial Alton Gas cavern project | CBC News
Federal officials could not be reached for comment, but the company issued a statement saying it is committed to safe operations that will protect the Shubenacadie River.
He said Wednesday that the city’s budget — which will be tabled at an executive policy committee meeting Friday — could feature a property tax increase as high as 9.43 per cent, as a result of a $40-million gap left by promised provincial funding that hasn’t yet been delivered. #mbpoli
NWT Métis Nation says Ottawa shortchanged them millions in land claim money | CBC News
“People need to know what Canada is doing with the Métis people,
to see what we are up against. We are trying to finalize this thing and
if we are not given the proper funding, it really does not help the
situation.”
The Climate Change Paper So Depressing It’s Sending People to Therapy – Vice
The
important thing, Buitenhuis says, is to realise that the negative
effects of climate change have already been with us for some time:
“Further gradual deterioration looks much more likely to me than a
disaster within the next ten years that will be big enough that, after
that, everybody will agree the status quo is doomed.”
Nova Scotia sees spike in child poverty rates | CBC News
The numbers
show Nova Scotia was the only province with a notable increase in
poverty rates for people under 18, from 14 per cent in 2016 to 17 per
cent in 2017. Even more concerning for Lynn Hartwell is the increase in
the poverty rate of young people in families with two parents, which
went from 13.8 per cent in 2016 to 16.8 per cent in 2017.