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By Tara MacIsaac By 2026, a fifth of new passenger vehicles sold in Canada will have to be zero-emission, according to regulations proposed by Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault on Wednesday. By 2030,…

By Noé Chartier Inflation has gone down 0.1 percent in November, reported Statistics Canada on Dec. 21, with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rising 6.8 percent year-over-year compared to 6.9 percent…

By Tara MacIsaac Alberta’s Finance Minister Travis Toews announced Dec. 20 that the province would suspend the full provincial fuel tax for six months, starting Jan. 1. That means Albertans will save 13 cents per…

By Marnie Cathcart An independent, non-governmental National Citizen’s Inquiry (NCI) into the government’s handling of COVID-19 is now calling for a variety of witnesses from across the country, announced former federal Official Opposition…

By Peter Wilson The federal government will look to enshrine in legislation certain “climate action” targets outlined at the U.N. Biodiversity Conference (COP15) held in Montreal, according to Climate Change and Environment…

By Andrew Chen Canada’s Department of Environment placed the 1 percent of its employees who were unvaccinated on leave, an internal audit shows. Meanwhile, “the vast majority, 99 percent, attested as…

By Isaac Teo A discount airline tops the grievance list in statistics released Monday by the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), which rates carriers based on the number of complaints per 100 flights—though…

By Noé Chartier The federal tribunal that processes complaints related to Employment Insurance (EI) has sided in a Dec. 14 decision with a claimant who was fired for non-compliance with her…

By Isaac Teo An audit of purchasing practices in Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez’s department has found there is no governance committee that “actively provide[s] guidance and oversight over procurement activities.” This and…

By Tara MacIsaac A student at St. Joseph’s High School in Renfrew, Ontario, has been suspended for a month for his interactions with transgender students at his school. Josh Alexander, 16, organized a…