Tag Archives: Environment
Despite an industrial past, Montreal's Lachine Canal now a popular fishing spot
MONTREAL - Live music pulses through the air as Henry Leung casts a lure into the murky waters of the Lachine Canal, at a site wedged between a noisy festival and the high-rises of Montreal's Griffint...
Jul 16, 2024
Canadian Coast Guard investigating source of motor oil spill in Montreal river
MONTREAL - The Canadian Coast Guard says it's still investigating the source of a motor oil spill the length of several city blocks in the St. Lawrence River near the Montreal east-end neighbourhood o...
Jul 15, 2024
Nearly 100 wildfires burning in Saskatchewan
There were 95 active fires burning in Saskatchewan on Sunday, all in the northern half of the province.Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) said in its daily report on July 14 that 18 of the blaze...
Jul 15, 2024
Quebec town leaders, residents unite to decide fate of mine with ties to Pentagon
MONTREAL - Five Quebec municipalities located by a proposed site for a graphite mine with ties to the Pentagon have created an alliance to accelerate public consultations on the project and pressure t...
Jul 13, 2024
Break expected in heat spell, after Thursday storm brings rain and hail to Battlefords area
Residents can expect a break in the heat for a few days, following last night's thunderstorm which brought hard rain and hail the size of tennis balls and golf balls to the Battlefords, Biggar, and su...
Jul 12, 2024
B.C. wildfire crews battle blaze in ancient forest park with 1,000-year-old trees
British Columbia's wildfire service says crews are battling a 10-hectare blaze in a park that protects a portion of what the province calls the "only inland temperate rainforest in the world," with tr...
Jul 12, 2024
Some Alaskan salmon fisheries lose Ocean Wise label amid concern for B.C.-bound stock
VANCOUVER - Vancouver-based seafood sustainability group Ocean Wise has removed its recommended designation from southeast Alaskan salmon fisheries. It says there are questions about the impact of the...
Jul 11, 2024
Provincial fire ban issued following hot dry weather
A fire ban has been issued for all crown lands, provincial parks/recreation areas and the Northern Saskatchewan Administrative District. The ban means that open fires, controlled burns and fireworks a...
Jul 11, 2024
Canada, U.S. governments reach in-principle agreement to update Columbia River Treaty
WASHINGTON, D. C. - The Canadian and U.S. governments have reached a deal on how to modernize the Columbia River Treaty, the decades-old agreement that regulates the waterway that flows from southeast...
Jul 11, 2024
Newfoundland fishers protest interrupts environment ministers' press conference
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - About a dozen fishers interrupted a news conference with the country's environment ministers in St. John's on Wednesday to demand the federal government reinstate a 32-year moratori...
Jul 10, 2024