Tag Archives: Environment
Lingering winter storm to dump more snow in N.L. today, high winds also expected
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A lingering storm system that dumped heavy amounts of snow on eastern Newfoundland over a two-day period gradually tapered off on Saturday. The region's residents began digging out ...
Mar 09, 2024
Refinery in Burnaby, B.C., to resume operations after seven-week stoppage
BURNABY, B.C. - The Parkland fuel refinery in Metro Vancouver is set to resume operations Sunday, seven weeks after an "unplanned issue" forced it to shut down. A statement on Parkland's website says ...
Mar 08, 2024
Government closes bottom-contact fishing near rare B.C. coral reef
VANCOUVER - Federal authorities have closed Canada's only known live coral reef in the Pacific Ocean to all commercial and recreational bottom-contact fishing. Fisheries and Oceans Canada says the ind...
Mar 07, 2024
Alberta coal mine moves ahead without permits federal officials say are needed
Environmental groups are asking Ottawa to enforce its rules on an Alberta coal site that has started building an underground test mine without fisheries permits that officials have said are required. ...
Mar 07, 2024
B.C. researcher says liver oil, meat trade threaten deepwater shark populations
Prof. Nick Dulvy recalls when the northern cod fishery collapsed back in 1992. "That was nothing short of a social and economic disaster for Canada," Dulvy said, who's a biology professor at Simon Fra...
Mar 07, 2024
Over $97 million announced to help Canadian farmers adopt clean technologies
An influx of funding for the Agricultural Clean Technology (ACT) Program will keep farmers on the cutting edge. The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food announced more than $97 million for the progra...
Mar 07, 2024
'It's so sad': B.C. gardeners grieve as they take stock of cold snap's toll
RICHMOND - If you ask the "King of Succulents" Johnny Tai how his plants are doing, do it gently. The 80-year-old Richmond, B.C., gardener hasn't recovered yet from what he calls the "crime scene" he ...
Mar 07, 2024
Lawsuit takes on Alberta Energy Regulator, province over Kearl oilsands releases
EDMONTON - An Alberta First Nation has filed a sweeping lawsuit against the province's energy regulator and the government over releases from an oilsands mine, alleging the agency acted in bad faith a...
Mar 06, 2024
Health Canada to completely ban use of strychnine poison by September
Health Canada says it plans to completely ban a powerful poison used to control predators after completing public consultations on use of strychnine. "All uses of strychnine are cancelled," Lynn Lee o...
Mar 06, 2024
UN warns of climate change impact on farms and rural households run by women in poor countries
Women who run farms and rural households in poor countries suffer more from climate change and are discriminated against as they try to adapt to other sources of income in times of crisis, the United ...
Mar 05, 2024