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Transport Canada reviewing safety rules to allow airlines to reduce cabin crew

OTTAWA – After granting an exemption on its existing air safety rules that set the required number of flight attendants on board, the federal government says it’s working on changing regulations to...

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Environment Canada recommends tougher pollution rules at Canadian mines

OTTAWA – Environment Canada is recommending that the Harper government toughen rules to prevent water pollution from industrial mines and that it expand federal monitoring to at least four new...

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Harper government welcomes report recommending energy-saving targets in...

OTTAWA – The Harper government is welcoming a new report by federal politicians, spearheaded by the New Democrats, that recommends energy targets and an improved ratings system to slash energy...

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Harper government denounces corruption after arrest of former Conservative...

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government expressed surprise and disappointment Monday after learning that one of its own former staffers had been arrested in an anti-corruption raid that...

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Tories, NDP, and Liberals team up to create national park in offshore...

OTTAWA – Nova Scotia’s famed Sable Island, known for its wild horses and rich biodiversity, is becoming a new national park in the middle of an active offshore petroleum field. The House of Commons...

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Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield asks to leave cabinet to fight cancer

OTTAWA — Diagnosed with cancer, Federal Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield has asked Prime Minister Stephen Harper to drop him from cabinet so that he can focus on his recovery. In a letter to his...

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Federal government planned ‘strong’ PR campaign to promote oil industry

OTTAWA — Days before announcing Canada would withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, the federal government drafted plans for a “strong and coordinated” public relations campaign and major...

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Statistics Canada clients see ‘gaps’ in latest survey analysis

OTTAWA — Clients of Statistics Canada are concerned about “gaps” in the agency’s latest analysis of Canadian data published in the past week, casting doubt about whether they have enough information...

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Unprecedented ocean acidification from greenhouse gases putting Canadian...

OTTAWA – Canada’s Atlantic waters may be “particularly vulnerable” to increased carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere that are causing “unprecedented” acidification of the planet’s oceans, says a...

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Communications strategists deliberated on $60 million in cuts at Environment...

OTTAWA — The Harper government included communications strategists in closed-door discussions that led to an estimated $60 million in cuts at Environment Canada in the 2012 federal budget, according to...

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Transport Canada vowed to fix inadequate oversight of dangerous goods...

OTTAWA — Transport Canada officials said Tuesday that a number of safety concerns emerging in the aftermath of the Lac-Megantic train derailment were already under review prior to the disaster,...

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In wake of Lac-Megantic tragedy, Transport Canada admits it didn’t deliver on...

OTTAWA – Transport Canada says it hasn’t delivered on its own promises to improve oversight of the transportation of dangerous products in the wake of a scathing audit from 2011, including pledges to...

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Watchdogs contradict Transport Canada safety oversight claims following...

OTTAWA — Two federal government watchdogs are contradicting some of Transport Canada’s safety oversight claims in the wake of the Lac-Megantic train disaster. While the auditor general denied it...

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Tories dismiss need for review of critical audit of Transport Canada...

OTTAWA — It’s not urgent to review a critical audit exposing weaknesses in Transport Canada’s oversight of the transportation of dangerous goods because there’s no proof the report is relevant in the...

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Unfinished oil and gas pollution rules greet Stephen Harper’s new environment...

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper latest environment minister, Leona Aglukkaq, could bring some front-line views of the impacts of global warming on her home in Canada’s North to the federal...

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Major threats to biodiversity loom on Canadian economy: federal briefings

OTTAWA — Environment Canada is developing a new strategy, in the midst of multimillion-dollar cuts, to expand its capacity to evaluate the economic value of natural ecosystems, parks and wildlife,...

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Federal officials question insurance coverage of MMA railway following...

OTTAWA — Federal officials are uncertain about the limits of the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway’s ongoing insurance coverage, prompting new questions about the company’s survival and whether...

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TSB says Transport Canada making little progress in fixing safety oversight

OTTAWA — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says Transport Canada is making “little or no advancement” in fixing some key safety risks plaguing air, rail and marine transportation. The annual...

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Premiers hope to challenge federal infrastructure and job training programs...

OTTAWA — The Alberta government is hoping to kickstart a new discussion among federal and provincial governments about investments in more resilient infrastructure in the wake of devastating floods...

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Disappearing species and enforcement warnings to oil company flagged in...

OTTAWA — Disappearing caribou, whooping cranes with “oily underbellies” and more than a dozen warning letters about alleged environmental infractions to a major Canadian energy company are among the...

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