Environment

OTTAWA — Two years after Canadian government testing helped the United States go after Volkswagen for faking the results of diesel-engine emissions tests, Canada says it is still unable to determine if Volkswagen broke the law in this country.

VICTORIA — The Polar Prince ice breaker docked in Victoria on Saturday, marking the end of a 150-day voyage exploring Canada's coastline.

OTTAWA — Political cynics had plenty of fodder this week, with the curious timing of multibillion-dollar spending announcements and morphing Liberal views on veils.

OSOYOOS, B.C. — The federal and British Columbia governments as well as members of the Okanagan Nation have agreed to resume work to establish a new national park reserve in the south Okanagan.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's Progressive Conservative government will announce a carbon tax of $25 a tonne Friday — to be implemented sometime next year — and keep it at that rate, a government source familiar with the file confirmed to The Canadian Press.

OTTAWA — Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc says there will be regulations in place before the spring to ensure no boat comes within 200 metres of southern resident killer whales in Canadian waters.

OTTAWA — The National Energy Board says Canada's addiction to fossil fuels will peak in two years, but the change won't affect economic growth.

CALGARY — Alberta's energy regulator has approved an oilsands giant's plans to manage its vast tailings ponds despite ongoing concerns about their reliability.

LADYSMITH, B.C. — A New Democrat member of Parliament from British Columbia is criticizing the federal government for failing to act quickly enough to deal with derelict vessels.

Canadian scientists are racing to test a remedy that they hope will save bats from a deadly fungus that has already killed millions of the winged mammals across the continent.