Tag Archives: Environment
Residents against graphite mine fear powering Pentagon, environmental ruin
MONTREAL - In Quebec's Laurentians region, a few kilometres from a wildlife reserve and just outside the town of Duhamel, lies a source of one of the world's most sought after minerals for manufacturi...
Jun 09, 2024
Calgary water conservation progress made as crews repair water main break: officials
CALGARY - Calgary's water conservation efforts have improved but there's still a "high risk" of running dry as crews continue to repair a major water main break over the next five to seven days, city ...
Jun 08, 2024
Animals on the lam: Welfare group documents exotic animal escapes, attacks
OTTAWA - A lot of Canadians have heard of Darwin, the Ikea monkey, who was found wandering a parking garage at the furniture chain's North York store wearing a shearling coat and a diaper. Many were e...
Jun 08, 2024
'We will run out': Calgarians urged to keep cutting water, repairs days away
CALGARY - Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek is urging residents to continue cutting their water use or risk having it run out as crews fix a massive break in a feeder line. Gondek says there are 23 water res...
Jun 07, 2024
Dutch Elm Disease spread becoming a concern in Melfort
The City of Melfort is looking to stop the spread of Dutch Elm Disease. Council will vote Monday on whether to approve the appointment of Jeffery Gooliaff of Living Tree Environmental Limited as a Dut...
Jun 06, 2024
Disaster survivors bring pleas for climate change action to Parliament Hill
OTTAWA - Meghan Fandrich's voice shook as she recalled grabbing her five-year-old daughter and fleeing their home as flames descended on the village of Lytton, B.C., in 2021. Darryl Tedjuk was quiet a...
Jun 06, 2024
See a goofy-looking bird on the ground? It's likely a baby and it's fine, experts say
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - It's fledgling season, a time when animal rescue experts say they are inundated with calls about goofy-looking birds stumbling around on the ground. In eastern Newfoundland, Karen G...
Jun 05, 2024
Speed restrictions, B.C. fishery closures, aim to protect southern killer whales
VANCOUVER - The federal government has announced salmon fishery closures and mandatory speed limits in areas where southern resident killer whales forage and travel in the ongoing effort to protect th...
Jun 03, 2024
Ottawa creates $530-million fund to help cities adapt to climate change
OTTAWA - Canadian cities and towns facing an uphill battle to stave off the effects of climate change will share more than half a billion dollars from a new federal adaptation fund, but the money is b...
Jun 03, 2024
Plastics plant owner asks for time to comply with federal orders to end benzene leaks
OTTAWA - The owners of a Sarnia, Ont., plastics plant that has been emitting dangerous levels of the cancer-causing chemical benzene for years say they need more time to comply with tougher federal ru...
Jun 02, 2024