Tag: Policy
Baranyai: COP29 summit adds to collective despair
Reality seems to be unfolding in a fun house mirror
Tighter immigration seen as ‘golden opportunity’ to get ahead of housing crisis
A population decline is expected during the next two years, following cuts by Ottawa to its immigration target.
Cornies: Canadian Parliament should give peace a chance
Ottawa should meet the moment: Establishment of a centre of excellence that resembles what the “peace trainers” are advocating.
Environmentalists, Industry Divided Over Energy Permitting Bill
Melting ice. Wildfire smoke. Crop losses. Climate change is already having an impact on the Great Lakes region. According to a 2022 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in order to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, humanity would have to reach net-zero emissions by the 2070s.
Outlaws ‘wanted attention’ at Remembrance Day ceremony: Biker cop
Members of the Outlaws motorcycle club tried to lay a wreath during a Remembrance Day ceremony in Sarnia because they wanted to make their presence in the city known
Downtown for gowns: Western University moving grad ceremonies
Western University is moving its graduation ceremonies to Canada Life Place for at least the next five years, a temporary measure.
Audit: Michigan must do better monitoring recreational trails
By Eric Freedman Capital News Service Michigan boasts thousands of miles of trails for snowmobilers, hikers, off-road vehicle operators, dog-walkers, bicyclists, snowshoers and horseback riders, but the Department of Natural Resources needs to improve how it monitors them. That’s the conclusion of the state Auditor General’s Office, which said DNR fell short in monitoring and […]
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Bikers crash Remembrance Day service in Sarnia: ‘Just wrong’
A disturbance involving two people wearing outlaw motorcycle gang colours at Mondayâs Remembrance Day ceremony in Sarnia is being condemned by the city’s mayor and police chief. Two people wearing outlaw motorcycle gang colours lined up to lay a black wreath with gang colours at the cenotaph Monday, Sarnia police said. Organizers asked the people […]
He’ll try, but Trump can’t stop the clean energy revolution
By Matt Simon
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.
During his first time around as president, Donald Trump rolled back a bevy of environmental rules, withdrew from the Paris Agreement, and boosted the fossil fuel industry.
Can environmental law move beyond bedrock 1970’s legislation, while adapting to current and future challenges?
A 2022 report titled Promises Half Kept at the Half Century Mark, by the Environmental Integrity Project, released on the Clean Water Act’s 50th anniversary said the law is “falling short of its original goals.”
Michigan, for example, has the 4th largest number of impaired lakes, reservoirs and streams assessed for water contact recreation in the U.S.