Canada Post proposes 25-cent price hike on stamps

Canada Post proposes 25-cent price hike on stamps

Canada Post is proposing an increase to regulated postage rates next year, bringing the price of most stamps up by 25 cents to $1.24. The organization says it has kept letter mail rate increases to a minimum over the past decade and the one-time increase would help align stamp prices with the rising cost of providing … Read more

Canada has a bill of rights for air passengers. What about train riders?

Canada has a bill of rights for air passengers. What about train riders?

A 10-hour delay on a Via Rail train in Quebec over the long weekend is raising questions about rail passengers’ rights in Canada — or the lack thereof. Passengers on a train from Montreal to Quebec City were left stranded as they ran out of food, water and working toilets when their train broke down … Read more

Scientists are on a quest for drought-resistant wheat, agriculture’s ‘Holy Grail’

Scientists are on a quest for drought-resistant wheat, agriculture’s ‘Holy Grail’

Plant biologist Marcus Samuel has been working for more than a decade to improve the climate resilience of crops. At his research greenhouse at the University of Calgary, he uses cutting-edge gene editing techniques to produce hardier varieties of plants able to withstand temperature fluctuations, floods and frosts. But while he has worked on canola, … Read more

Canada Post lost $748 million last year, warns of ‘critical’ financial situation

Canada Post lost 8 million last year, warns of ‘critical’ financial situation

Politics·New Canada Post warns its financial situation is so grim it could run out of operating money in less than a year, citing declining revenue and increased competition from private delivery companies. Crown corporation could run out of money in less than a year, cites declining revenue and stiff competition CBC News · Posted: May 03, 2024 … Read more

Canada is still backing the fossil fuel industry with billions, report finds

Canada is still backing the fossil fuel industry with billions, report finds

A new report says the federal government is providing billions of dollars in financial support for the fossil fuel industry, despite measures announced last year to limit certain types of subsidies for the oil and gas industry. The analysis, released today by the advocacy group Environmental Defence, estimated that Ottawa offered up at least $18.6 … Read more

Federal environment minister calls Premier Moe ‘immoral’ for flouting carbon-price law

Federal environment minister calls Premier Moe ‘immoral’ for flouting carbon-price law

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Ottawa has to take action against Saskatchewan for breaking the federal carbon-pricing law. Premier Scott Moe said last week Saskatchewan would not submit the money it owes for the carbon price on natural gas as required on Feb. 29. Moe is protesting Ottawa’s decision to exempt heating oil from the levy … Read more

Trans Mountain’s latest cost estimate climbs 10%, regulatory filing shows

Trans Mountain’s latest cost estimate climbs 10%, regulatory filing shows

The company building the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion now estimates the project’s costs will come in 10 per cent higher than its May 2023 estimate of $30.9 billion. That’s according to a regulatory filing Trans Mountain Corp. provided to the Canada Energy Regulator on Monday. It represents the latest in a series of cost increases … Read more

Canada Post selling off logistics business as part of effort to ‘transform’ Crown corp

Canada Post selling off logistics business as part of effort to ‘transform’ Crown corp

Canada Post Inc. is selling off its third-party logistics business to a Montreal company, according to a media release Tuesday from the Crown corporation. The sale of SCI Group Inc. to Metro Supply Chain comes as the country’s national postal service “focuses on transforming to serve the changing needs of Canadians and Canadian businesses,” says … Read more

Trans Mountain to present pipeline variance arguments at hearing with regulator

Trans Mountain to present pipeline variance arguments at hearing with regulator

The Canada Energy Regulator will hear arguments Friday from the company building the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on its request for a pipeline variance. The Trans Mountain pipeline is Canada’s only oil pipeline to the west coast, and its expansion will boost the pipeline’s capacity to 890,000 barrels per day from 300,000 currently. The project’s … Read more

Olympic medallist among 3 new senators appointed by Trudeau

Olympic medallist among 3 new senators appointed by Trudeau

Politics Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed a former Olympian, a philanthropist and the head of the Canadian Women’s Foundation to the Senate. All three appointees to fill vacant Ontario Senate seats The Canadian Press · Posted: Dec 20, 2023 3:32 PM EST | Last Updated: 9 hours ago Marnie McBean (left), Paulette Senior (centre) and … Read more