Tag Archives: Environment
Close encounters: People gather in New Brunswick conference to share Bigfoot stories
MONCTON, N.B. - Ann Marie Reinhart was enjoying a peaceful day's fishing near southern New Brunswick's Kingston Peninsula when a sound between a howl and a scream tore through the air. Birds fell sile...
Aug 25, 2024
Town of Hudson Bay under precautionary drinking water advisory
The community of Hudson Bay is under a Precautionary Drinking Water Advisory. The advisory was issued Saturday at noon and was issued due to high turbidity. The town posted on their social media page ...
Aug 24, 2024
Dozens of baby turtles set free in Quebec river as part of zoo conservation project
PIKE RIVER, Que. - The weeks-old baby turtle wriggles its legs as it's picked up from a blue tupperware bin and placed gently into a river south of Montreal. In a flash it's off, swimming deftly throu...
Aug 24, 2024
Scenic highway in Jasper National Park reopened as wildfire continues to be held
JASPER, ALTA. - One of Canada's most scenic highways has reopened as the wildfire in Jasper National Park continues to be held. Jane Park, incident commander with Parks Canada, says Highway 93, also k...
Aug 23, 2024
Prince Albert woman helping coordinate fire fighting responses in U.S.
With busy wildfire seasons like the one we're experiencing now, it's common for firefighting units to share resources to different areas that may need them. It isn't any different when it comes to pro...
Aug 23, 2024
One-third of Canadians report being personally impacted by severe weather: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests more Canadians are feeling the direct impacts of extreme weather, but that has not changed overall opinions about climate change. The results from a recent Leger poll sugg...
Aug 22, 2024
Municipalities say Alberta oilpatch policies harming tax base, public interest
EDMONTON - Alberta's United Conservative government is trying to increase production from the province's declining conventional oil and gas fields at the expense of local tax bases, environmental over...
Aug 22, 2024
Grizzly bear cubs seen on Vancouver Island for first time could have big impact
COURTENAY, B.C. - When Catherine Babault captured images of a female grizzly bear with two cubs encountering a herd of elk on Vancouver Island last month, she knew she had witnessed something special....
Aug 21, 2024
Province announces mandatory game testing this hunting season
The Government of Saskatchewan has announced that mandatory game testing will be conducted in specific wildlife management zones (WMZ) during the upcoming hunting season due to the discovery of tuberc...
Aug 21, 2024
Largest study of 2023 wildfires finds extreme weather fuelled flames coast to coast
The largest study of Canada's catastrophic 2023 wildfire season concludes it is "inescapable" that the record burn was caused by extreme heat and parching drought, while adding the amount of young for...
Aug 21, 2024