Tag Archives: Environment
By the numbers: Canada's disaster financial assistance program
OTTAWA - Canada's Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements program, or DFAA, was launched in 1970, setting a formula for how provinces and territories would split costs with the federal government w...
Mar 12, 2024
Federal disaster aid for Fraser Valley floods, landslides taking too long: B.C. MP
OTTAWA - The federal government estimates it will need to pay almost $3.4 billion for its share of the disaster recovery bills for flooding and landslides that devastated British Columbia's Fraser Val...
Mar 12, 2024
Coral reef that 'shouldn't exist' thrives off B.C.'s Pacific Ocean, biologist says
VANCOUVER - It started with a tip from the local First Nation of a "bump on the sea floor" where the fish liked to be and led to the discovery of Canada's only known live coral reef. Deep sea ecologis...
Mar 12, 2024
This B.C. farm can grow softball-sized peaches. This year they'll rely on vegetables
One of the first indicators of how bountiful a fruit harvest will be in British Columbia comes months before any peaches, apricots or nectarines start fattening on trees. Like many other farmers, Jenn...
Mar 12, 2024
Citing poaching, violent incidents, Ottawa says elver fishery won’t open this year
OTTAWA - The federal fisheries minister says the lucrative elver fishery will stay closed for the 2024 season. Diane Lebouthillier says confrontations and incidents of violence have created an "immedi...
Mar 11, 2024
Deepsea eruption expected off Vancouver Island after 200 earthquakes in an hour
An eruption of magma under the Pacific Ocean floor far off Vancouver Island will be so hot the water will fizz but only scientists will notice. Scientists with Ocean Networks Canada are predicting an ...
Mar 11, 2024
U.S., Canada agree to work together on reducing B.C. coal mine pollution
The United States and Canada have agreed to launch a joint probe into a long-running cross-border dispute involving pollution from coal mines in British Columbia flowing into American waters. "Our two...
Mar 11, 2024
'Clean slate' to reshape B.C. wine industry, after climate-related catastrophes
The heart of British Columbia's wine industry is reeling after suffering a litany of climate-related hits, resulting in two years of crop losses in the southern Interior. Record-breaking heat. Wildfir...
Mar 11, 2024
New Brunswick volunteers build flying telescope to see total eclipse above the clouds
HALIFAX - Early next month, millions of Canadians will gaze skyward to witness a total solar eclipse. But some stand to be disappointed as clouds get in the way. David Hunter plans to have an unobstru...
Mar 10, 2024
Rising water: Quebec lender ending new mortgages in flood zones 'just the beginning'
MONTREAL - Nearly five years after floods raced through hundreds of Quebec communities and forced thousands from their homes, a major lender's decision to stop issuing new mortgages in flood zones is ...
Mar 10, 2024