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By The Canadian Press
OTTAWA — Conservative environment critic Ed Fast is slamming the federal government’s decision to give $12 million to help Loblaws stores make their refrigerators and freezers more energy-efficient.
Fast says he is curious how many ordinary Canadians could just walk into the prime minister’s office and ask him to buy them a new fridge.
By The Canadian Press
REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he welcomes Manitoba in the legal fight against Ottawa over the federal carbon tax.
Moe told about 1,500 people at a Regina rally opposing the tax that Saskatchewan is making a difference by leading the battle.
What is plalking? No, not planking, but plalking. Well, let us tell you.
Take Pride Winnipeg! has launched a new program, the Heart Winnipeg Plalking Club. It’s essentially a club for people who want to exercise while helping to beautify Winnipeg’s streets by picking up litter while walking (plalking).
By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press
OTTAWA — Environment Commissioner Julie Gelfand says Canada is not doing enough to combat climate change.
Gelfand delivered her final audits Tuesday before her five-year term expires, looking at fossil-fuel subsidies, invasive aquatic species and mining pollution.
Gasoline will cost drivers more beginning Monday as the federal carbon tax kicks in.
The tax on fossil fuels, meant to curb ommissions, is being federally regulated in Manitoba because the province has refused Ottawa’s demands to implement its own tax.
WINNIPEG — A new mattress recycling program is hoping to divert up to 8,000 mattresses and box springs from the landfill.
The city has partnered with Mother Earth Recycling on the pilot program, where residents can drop off up to six mattresses and box springs at the Brady 4R Winnipeg Depot for free.
By The Canadian Press
OTTAWA — A trio of young people in Calgary are challenging Canada’s iconic coffee chain to use its popular contest to get Canadians to kick their cup addiction.
Twelve-year-olds Mya Chau and Eve Helman, and 16-year-old Ben Duthie, have nearly 105,000 signatures on a change.org petition asking Tim Hortons to replace its existing disposable coffee cups with a compostable version, or at least one that can be recycled everywhere in Canada.
By The Canadian Press
OTTAWA — A decade-old goal to get at least half a million electric cars on Canada’s roads by the end of 2018 appears to have missed the mark by about 400,000.
The 2009 Electric Vehicle Technology Road Map for Canada, produced by a panel of experts in part for the Department of Natural Resources, aimed for 500,000 cars with the hope of galvanizing industry to make and sell them and government to encourage people to buy them.
