Tag Archives: Environment

WALTON, N.S. - Four boxcars filled with concrete are sitting on the floor of the Bay of Fundy near Walton, N.S., where residents are worried the debris - abandoned by another failed tidal power projec...

A crew has arrived in Melfort to try to slow the city's significant Dutch Elm Disease problem. Director of Community Services Rob Lok told northeastNOW the city's tree removal contractor has begun wor...

TORONTO - Don't put away your summer wardrobe just yet - The Weather Network says most Canadians are in for a warm fall. The network predicts that the majority of Canadians will see a slow transition ...

VANCOUVER - Some time more than 30 years ago, a single Chinese peach blossom jellyfish made its way into a lake in British Columbia. Exactly how it arrived is not clear, researchers say - perhaps it w...

The camping season in the Lac La Ronge Provincial Park is winding down. Most campgrounds - Nut Point, Nemeiben Lake, Wadin Bay, Little Deer, MacKay Lake and Churchill River - have all closed following...

Almost a month after being told to grab their belongings and leave their community, residents of Sandy Bay will soon be returning home.At 8a.m. this morning, the evacuation order that was issued on Au...

Rice worms appear to be wrecking havoc for wild rice producers in Northern Saskatchewan. larongeNOW spoke with two harvesters who have witnessed their crops being impacted by the insects, which seem t...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is partnering with a bear welfare group to reduce the number of bears being euthanized in the province. Nicholas Scapillati, executive director of Grizzly Be...

The scorching heat on Sunday toppled a number of heat records around Saskatchewan.Many of the records had been standing for more than four decades.According to preliminary figures from Environment Can...

MONTREAL - Quebec's school year started on a familiar note: thousands of teaching spots were unfilled, and the provincial government had to defend itself for its failure to solve the problem. But as p...