Tag Archives: Environment
Environmental group buys Fraser River island near Chilliwack, B.C., to protect salmon
VANCOUVER - An ideal natural salmon habitat of gravel beds and side channels on British Columbia's lower Fraser River will be protected by the purchase of a private island by an environmental organiza...
Jul 08, 2024
'Nobody has these stories': Canada's longest river at record low levels
Canada's longest river is at historically low levels, stranding communities that rely on it for essential goods and alarming First Nations along its banks who have never known the mighty Mackenzie to ...
Jul 08, 2024
Living history: grand opening of overnight experience at Doukhobor Dugout House offers visitors insight into ancestor's lives
Against the backdrop of the serenity that only a summer's bucolic environment can offer, the great-great-grandson of a man killed in a train explosion 100 years ago took to the podium to speak of peac...
Jul 07, 2024
After highway death of a beloved bear in B.C., experts look for lessons
FIELD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - In the spring of 2023, a Parks Canada team strung electric fence along a section of the Trans Canada Highway from Lake Louise to the B.C.-Alberta boundary. It was par...
Jul 07, 2024
Heat warnings expand in British Columbia as heat wave intensifies
VANCOUVER - A heat wave has settled in, bringing scorching temperatures across more than 40 regions in British Columbia. But, the extreme heat - and a warning from Environment Canada - isn't deterring...
Jul 07, 2024
Montreal failed to address school flushing sewage into river for years
MONTREAL - A Montreal elementary school has been inadvertently flushing raw sewage into a nearby river for years, and the city, despite identifying the problem in 2021, is only now taking action to fi...
Jul 07, 2024
Whale researcher says orphan orca 'likely' seen off Vancouver Island at Friendly Cove
VICTORIA - A killer whale calf whose struggle for survival captured international headlines when she became trapped in a Vancouver Island tidal lagoon earlier this year only to escape on her own has l...
Jul 06, 2024
Environment Canada issues widespread warnings as intense heat wave settles over B.C.
VANCOUVER - More than two dozen regions in British Columbia are under warnings as a heat wave expected to push temperatures into the low 40s in the coming days settles over much of the province. Envir...
Jul 06, 2024
'Saddled up': Calgarians put water crisis aside for fun at Stampede
CALGARY - Calgary residents took a break from their water woes Friday, lining up six-deep downtown to watch the parade launching the annual summer Stampede festival. "I'm saddled up," said Rita Freese...
Jul 05, 2024
International environmental watchdog wants probe into shipping pollution enforcement
Investigators with an international environmental watchdog have recommended a probe into whether Canada is violating its own laws by not stopping toxic wastewater from being dumped into the ocean alon...
Jul 05, 2024