Tag Archives: Environment
Quebec's Port-Cartier maximum security prison evacuated as wildfire burns
Wildfires burning near Port-Cartier, Que., forced the evacuation of inmates from the local maximum-security prison, officials with Correctional Service Canada confirmed Sunday as favourable winds bols...
Jun 23, 2024
Port-Cartier, Que. officials say forest fire situation unchanged after evacuations
MONTREAL - Forest fires that prompted a partial evacuation of the north shore city of Port Cartier, Que., are holding steady, officials said Saturday as they extended a local state of emergency put in...
Jun 22, 2024
Alberta environment minister unworried by movement toward methane tariffs
WASHINGTON - Alberta's environment minister expressed little concern that European countries are taking steps toward tariffs on imported natural gas associated with high methane emissions as she promo...
Jun 20, 2024
Calgary mayor sticks to Stampede opening day for possible main water fix
CALGARY - Calgary's mayor is promising residents a full accounting of the costs created by a catastrophic break of the city's main water line. Jyoti Gondek says all expenses have been tracked since th...
Jun 20, 2024
City closes Little Red Park as flooding threatens
High water anticipated to arrive in the next day or so from further north has led the City of Prince Albert to close Little Red River Park. City staff said that the core area of the park will be close...
Jun 19, 2024
Ottawa moves forward on threat to use federal powers to help Quebec caribou
MONTREAL - Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says he's moving forward on his threat to invoke federal powers to protect Quebec's declining woodland caribou herds. Guilbeault said Wednesda...
Jun 19, 2024
Rescuers 'cautiously optimistic' about survival of weeks-old B.C. sea otter pup
VANCOUVER - If she didn't squeak and squirm, she would look just like a child's stuffed toy, but the weeks-old sea otter was in serious condition when she was brought in to the Vancouver Aquarium's Ma...
Jun 19, 2024
Extreme heat deaths higher among seniors and in cities with more renters, study says
TORONTO - Deaths in Canada's 12 most populous cities go up during extreme heat waves and people aged 65 and older are at higher risk than those who are younger, says a Statistics Canada report release...
Jun 19, 2024
Water levels rising at Anglin Lake, flooding possible
Water levels at Anglin Lake have now risen past the full supply limit, and the Water Security Agency (WSA) is warning that in the coming days, flooding is a very real possibility for areas north of Pr...
Jun 19, 2024
Calgary marks two weeks of water restrictions, aiming for pipe fix July 5
CALGARY - It has been two weeks since a massive water pipe ruptured in Calgary, leaving residents under restrictions. Mayor Jyoti Gondek said Wednesday also marked the fourth day in a row Calgarians h...
Jun 19, 2024