Tag Archives: Environment

How to photograph the northern lights with your phone
It's considered the Holy Grail of skywatching, and the only thing better than seeing the northern lights in real life is capturing your own mesmerizing photo of the atmospheric phenomenon. Scott Aspin...
Oct 07, 2024

Alberta threatens new legal action over Ottawa's revised environmental assessment act
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is threatening another legal challenge against Ottawa's environmental assessment law, a move federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is dismissing as a...
Oct 04, 2024

Census shows 3 killer whales lost from endangered southern resident population
FRIDAY HARBOR - A census of endangered southern resident killer whales off the coast of British Columbia and Washington state shows the pods have lost three animals, bringing the population to 73, exc...
Oct 02, 2024

TCT contributes more funding to Heritage Trail
The Trans Canada Trail (TCT) is contributing more funding to Air Ronge's Heritage Trail. During the organization's most recent intake, the TCT awarded two grants to the village for various projects on...
Oct 02, 2024

B.C. condo owners' group ordered to repay owner for cockroach control bill
VANCOUVER - The Civil Resolution Tribunal has ruled that a British Columbia condominium owner should be repaid thousands of dollars she was charged to eradicate a cockroach infestation in her building...
Sep 30, 2024

Jasper captive caribou breeding program slowly recovers from summer wildfire
JASPER, ALTA. - By this time, Jasper National Park's caribou breeding centre was supposed to be nearly done, ready for pregnant cows to bed down behind its fence, safe from predators and working on re...
Sep 28, 2024

Environment, energy ministers offer Jagmeet Singh a briefing on carbon pricing
OTTAWA - Two Liberal ministers are inviting NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh to a briefing about carbon pricing so he can "better understand" how it helps fight climate change while putting more money back in...
Sep 27, 2024

Climate change made some heat waves at least 10 times more likely: Environment Canada
A new rapid analysis says climate change made August heat waves over some of Canada's most northern - and rapidly warming - regions at least 10 times more likely. Environment and Climate Change Canada...
Sep 25, 2024

2024 wildfire season is on track to be second largest in last two decades
Canada's wildfire season is on track to be the second largest in at least the past two decades, trailing only last year's record-breaking season, federal officials said Wednesday. Officials said above...
Sep 25, 2024

'The building was completely charged with black smoke': Fire chief describes golf resort fire
Black smoke from floor to ceiling and temperatures exceeding 800 degrees fahrenheit. That's how Jim Arnold, the fire chief at Candle Lake is describing the inside conditions during Monday's fire at th...
Sep 24, 2024