Tag Archives: Environment

Guilbeault calls Saskatchewan premier 'immoral' for breaking carbon-price law
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Ottawa has to take action against Saskatchewan for breaking the federal carbon-pricing law. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said last week his provi...
Mar 04, 2024

Maine questions Canadian study of Agent Orange use at New Brunswick military base
FREDERICTON - Maine's state legislature has called for a new investigation into the use of herbicides, including Agent Orange, in the 1960s on a southern New Brunswick military base, describing a Cana...
Mar 04, 2024

Battlefords-Meadow Lake area digging out after winter storm
While the North West area including the Battlefords and Meadow Lake continues to dig its way out after the weekend's snow storm, weather conditions will be dropping overnight to a low of minus 30 C.Be...
Mar 04, 2024

March madness: Sun brings al fresco dining to Toronto as West shivers under ice, snow
March weather was both lion and lamb in Canada on Monday, with Toronto residents dining al fresco in sun-splashed parks while Saskatoon residents carved paths through snow drifts deep enough to swamp ...
Mar 04, 2024

Saskatchewan residents with low incomes worry about not getting carbon rebate
REGINA - Alan Holman says the carbon rebate he gets four times a year from the federal government is crucial for his household budget. Without the funds, the Saskatoon resident, who is on disability a...
Mar 04, 2024

Snow day for students in the Battlefords
Monday is a snow day for youngsters of the Battlefords, as all the schools in the Living Sky School Division and Light of Christ Catholic Schools will be closed. The decision comes after a major winte...
Mar 03, 2024

City of Prince Rupert says 19 eagles dead at landfill due to 'deleterious' substance
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - The City of Prince Rupert says 19 eagles are dead after someone dumped an unknown "deleterious substance" at a local landfill on Friday. The city says it's investigating and tryi...
Mar 03, 2024

Inaccurate data on forest fuels may stoke B.C. wildfires, study finds
VANCOUVER - Wildfire fighting and forest management decisions are potentially being hampered by inaccurate government data that misrepresents forest fuel loads in British Columbia's Interior, a new st...
Mar 03, 2024

Skiing or golf? Spring break choices follow Canada's weird winter
VANCOUVER - Bin Xie's children typically spend spring break at ski camps but, after unseasonably warm and unpredictable weather upended much of this year's ski season, his family decided to rent an RV...
Mar 02, 2024

Winter come lately – snowfall warning for central, northeast Sask.
Winter may be late but it is reminding people in Central and Northeast Saskatchewan that it is a fickle master and will be dumping between 10 and 15 cms of snow before Friday morning. The alert covers...
Feb 29, 2024