Tag Archives: Environment
Report suggests little progress in first year of Alberta's emissions reduction plan
EDMONTON - Alberta has done little to advance its plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions a year after introducing it, an analysis suggests. "Based on this lack of progress, it doesn't appear that Alb...
Apr 19, 2024
Ottawa to force banks to call carbon rebate a carbon rebate in direct deposits
OTTAWA - Canadian banks that refuse to identify the carbon rebate by name when doing direct deposits are forcing the government to change the law to make them do it, says Environment Minister Steven G...
Apr 19, 2024
'It was joy': Trapped B.C. orca calf eats seal meat, putting rescue on hold
ZEBALLOS, B.C. - A rescue operation for an orca calf trapped in a remote tidal lagoon off Vancouver Island has been put on hold after it started eating seal meat thrown in the water for what is believ...
Apr 19, 2024
Violinist tries to serenade B.C. orca calf to freedom, as others ready nets and boats
ZEBALLOS, B.C. - Carol Love watches the tides at a Vancouver Island lagoon, and when the time is right, she starts to play her violin. She plays for an audience of one, a killer whale calf that has be...
Apr 18, 2024
Parks Canada removes trash bins along Lachine Canal to spur citizen responsibility
MONTREAL - On warm days, Montreal's Lachine Canal can attract thousands of picnickers, cyclists and pedestrians. But since Parks Canada recently removed around 30 trash bins from the paths along the h...
Apr 18, 2024
Elephant seal Emerson extends Victoria city break, defying relocation with 200km swim
VICTORIA - Emerson the elephant seal is back in Victoria after defying attempts to relocate him and swimming more than 200 kilometres to return to his preferred urban habitat to moult. The Fisheries D...
Apr 17, 2024
'It is a win for us': Sask. government halts clear cutting plans
Members of several First Nations in the Prince Albert area are claiming a small victory.That's because the provincial government has for now halted plans to clear cut a section of forest in the Holbei...
Apr 17, 2024
Budget 2024: Liberals to dole out five years worth of carbon rebates to businesses
OTTAWA - Small- and medium-sized business owners are set to receive a long-awaited refund from Ottawa, which was holding onto billions of dollars while it sorted out a way to deliver them their carbon...
Apr 16, 2024
Government documents confirm coal lobbying on Rockies mining, show months of planning
EDMONTON - Documents released under Alberta Freedom of Information laws confirm the United Conservative Party government was talking with the coal industry about relaxing a policy that protected the R...
Apr 16, 2024
U.S. killer-whale catcher has advice for B.C. rescuers — build rapport with your orca
ZEBALLOS, B.C. - Jeff Foster's resume sounds like the stuff of fantasy, starting as a teenage orca catcher in Puget Sound in Washington State, pursuing the giant predators for aquariums for decades, t...
Apr 16, 2024