Tag Archives: Environment
Nova Scotia premier joins calls for meeting with Trudeau about carbon pricing
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservative premier has joined a call from leaders across the country asking for a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to discuss carbon pricing. Tim Housto...
Apr 06, 2024
Federal minister says nuclear power is key part of renewable energy expansion
VANCOUVER - The federal minister responsible for innovation and industry says Canada could be at risk of losing out on attracting green industries if it doesn't consider all options for renewable elec...
Apr 06, 2024
Clean-up Battleford; celebrate Earth Day
Now that the snow is melting, the streets are looking a little worse for wear. To help celebrate the new season, the Town of Battleford is organizing an Earth Day Community Clean-Up. "It's just a way,...
Apr 05, 2024
Drone images show trapped B.C. orca calf is healthy female, Fisheries Department says
ZEBALLOS, B.C. - The young killer whale stranded in the lagoon off Vancouver Island is a girl. A statement from the Fisheries Department on Friday says drone images have determined that the calf given...
Apr 05, 2024
Alberta Appeal Court dismisses coal company lawsuit alleging expropriation
EDMONTON - Alberta's top court has dismissed a coal company's request for compensation over government policies to phase out coal power. Altius Royalty Corp. was asking for $190 million in compensatio...
Apr 04, 2024
Record Alberta fires changed forests for decades and destroyed rare habitat: report
EDMONTON - Last year's record wildfires in Alberta destroyed habitat for threatened species and will change the makeup of the province's forests for decades to come, says a new report. And the assessm...
Apr 04, 2024
Canadian wildfires 'entirely' drove surge in global tree loss in 2023, study says
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - A global forest study says Canadian wildfires last year were "entirely" to blame for a worldwide surge in tree losses. The study released by researchers at the University of Maryla...
Apr 04, 2024
Chasing clear weather, eclipse watchers to converge on Quebec's Eastern Townships
MONTREAL - Evan Zucker has been on a cross-continent journey from San Diego, chasing clear skies ahead of Monday's total solar eclipse. While he originally planned on watching in Texas, a cloudy forec...
Apr 04, 2024
Survival clock ticks for trapped B.C. orca calf, as gear arrives for complex rescue
ZEBALLOS, B.C. - Equipment for the rescue of a killer whale calf stranded in a Vancouver Island lagoon has started arriving in the remote community of Zeballos, ahead of a complex operation that could...
Apr 04, 2024
Rescuers plan helicopter airlift of orca calf stranded in B.C. lagoon
ZEBALLOS, B.C. - Plans are now underway to airlift a stranded killer whale calf out of a remote tidal lagoon off northern Vancouver Island in an effort to reunite the young orca with its extended fami...
Apr 03, 2024