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Ontario announces $1.5M for affordable housing in AylmerConstruction for 59 Brown St. is slated to begin in the spring of 2021, with folks expected to move in come fall 2022.PoliticsNov 17, 2020
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Climate activists demanding quick transition to a green economy in QuebecEnvironmentalists and others are calling on lawmakers to do more to build a more sustainable futureCanadaSep 25, 2020
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Canada reluctantly approves Ontario and New Brunswick carbon prices for big emittersNew Brunswick and Ontario's proposals to tax greenhouse gas emissions from heavy industry meet the federal rules in theory but the federal environment minister said they will not have the same impact on climate change.CanadaSep 21, 2020
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Ottawa still committed to plastics ban, but focus is on COVID-19 crisis: ministerEnvironment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said the government remains firmly committed to its environmental agenda, which was a key part of its 2019 re-election campaign.CanadaMay 15, 2020
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Coronavirus: National parks, historic sites partially reopening in JuneAreas of some parks where physical distancing is possible for visitors will reopen June 1, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday.PoliticsMay 14, 2020
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Former Winnipeg mayor and Ontario MPP Glen Murray to run for Green leadershipGlen Murray, who served as Winnipeg's mayor from 1998-2004, was also an Ontario cabinet minister in charge of the environment and climate change portfolio for four years.PoliticsApr 29, 2020
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Saskatchewan’s big game draw opens May 1 for 2020 seasonSaskatchewan’s big game draw opens on May 1. Hunters have until midnight on May 25 to submit their online applications.CanadaApr 28, 2020
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Canada narrowing gap between emissions projections and goals: environment ministerEnvironment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says that by the end of the next decade, Canada's greenhouse gas emissions are forecast to be 227 million tonnes below what was projected in 2015.CanadaDec 20, 2019
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Saskatchewan and federal environment ministers meeting points to improving relationsThe federal and Saskatchewan environment ministers both say they are looking for areas to collaborate following a few years of carbon-tax related tensions.PoliticsDec 19, 2019
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Northern Pulp mill ‘preparing to shut down’ without Boat Harbour extension, company saysNova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil was supposed to make a decision on the future of the Northern Pulp mill on Wednesday but delayed his decision until Friday.PoliticsDec 19, 2019
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