Environment Canada Protected documents found on street

Environment Minister John Baird has asked officials to look into how a 131 page government document from his department came to be found on a street in the Kanata area of Ottawa in a rain-stained, tire-marked, brown paper envelope. Baird said the document - detailing how...

America's Cup The Final Countdown

"RACE 1 SATURDAY 23 JUNE 2007 Team Alinghi, sailing their new boat SUI 100 met Emirates Team New Zealand on the waters off Valencia for what promises to be the most exciting series of races for the America´s Cup since 1987. In that year, Dennis Connor of America beat a young...

Tories' green plan a fraud: Gore

Apr 28, 2007 04:39 PM Canadian Press The Conservatives' new environmental platform is a ``complete and total fraud" that is "designed to mislead the Canadian people," former U.S. vice-president Al Gore said today. The noted environmentalist was presenting his documentary...

Who Said It First

" The echo chamber of the Blogging Tories, the National Post and the New Canadian Government, having all the Alberta MP's , have now gotten through to their pals in the Media Room of Premier Ed Stelmachs office. Which prompted his latest Klein like outburst. But before...

Shower With A Friend

"That is Alberta Preimer "Fast" Eddie Stelmach's suggestion to Albertans. Big Oil is not responsible for greenhouse gas emissions, no siree, its you and me he says. Stelmach promised that his government will set mandatory emissions intensity targets this...

John Baird In Exxons Pocket?

"Is Harpers new Environment Minister, John Baird in the pocket of Exxon Mobil? After all their Canadian anti-Kyoto lobby is run by Barry Cooper part of the Calgary School which Harper is a graduate of. We will find out soon enough as he goes to Paris for the UN Climate Change...

Canada's New Government Launches ecoEnergy Technology Initiative

OTTAWA - The Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of Natural Resources, and the Honourable John Baird, Minister of the Environment, today announced the ecoEnergy Technology Initiative-a $230-million investment in the research, development and demonstration of clean-energy...

Voters Won't Buy McHarpers Green Plan

Yesterday, Stephen Harper stated that it is going to "take more than a slick job of political salesmanship to persuade Canadians his minority Conservative government is serious about environmental issues." It was in the same interview that he announced Canada would...