Tag Archives: Environment
Active spring wildfire season may be in store for B.C. as drought persists
VANCOUVER - British Columbia needs a drenching of rain to alleviate the tinder dry conditions that have forecasters worried about the potential for another difficult wildfire season. Cliff Chapman, di...
Mar 18, 2024
Programs available for B.C. farmers to prepare for droughts
The B.C. government is bolstering supports to help farmers manage, collect and store water for crops and livestock. The province has invested $80 million into the Agricultural Water Infrastructure Pro...
Mar 18, 2024
Federal environment minister gives Quebec May 1 deadline for caribou protection plan
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has once again threatened to invoke federal powers to protect Quebec's endangered woodland caribou. Guilbeault said in a letter to his provincial counte...
Mar 18, 2024
Meadow Lake gardeners get tips for new seeding season
Gardeners in the Meadow Lake area are starting to roll up their sleeves, getting ready for a new gardening season. The Willow Creek Community Garden group recently held its Seedy Sunday event in Meado...
Mar 17, 2024
Meadow Lake gardeners get tips for new seeding season
Gardeners in the Meadow Lake area are starting to roll up their sleeves, getting ready for a new gardening season. The Willow Creek Community Garden group recently held its Seedy Sunday event in Meado...
Mar 17, 2024
In B.C.'s forests, a debate over watershed science with lives and billions at stake
Ross Muirhead stood at the edge of a forestry cut blockfilled with stumps, rain pelting down as he watched water rushing over the barren ground. Theenvironmental advocatewas storm watching during the ...
Mar 17, 2024
Furless raccoon, dubbed 'Rufus', rescued and given refuge in Nova Scotia shelter
HALIFAX - A rare bald raccoon is in the care of a Nova Scotia shelter, where staff hope she'll grow her fur coat - including a bandit-like, black streak across her eyes. Hope Swinimer, the director of...
Mar 16, 2024
'Baloney factory': Eby mocks Poilievre letter asking B.C. to join carbon price fight
TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA - A letter from Opposition Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to British Columbia Premier David Eby, asking him to help halt a federal carbon price increase, was dismissed ...
Mar 15, 2024
Orcas that hunt the world's biggest predators may be a new population, say scientists
VANCOUVER - Researchers from the University of British Columbia said they've identified a potentially new population of open-ocean orcas, which hunt the biggest predators on the planet. In a study pub...
Mar 15, 2024
Alberta government releases no-go zone map for renewable power projects
EDMONTON - The Alberta government has released some details of where and how it will permit wind and solar development, prohibiting it along a broad stretch of the province's western edge, assessing i...
Mar 15, 2024