Tag Archives: Environment
Marine area larger than Lake Superior could soon be protected off Ontario's shores
A vast marine area off Ontario's north shores that's home to beluga whales and threatened polar bears could soon be protected, officials said Wednesday, as First Nations welcomed what was seen as a ke...
Feb 21, 2024
All oil and gas permits in B.C. waters are relinquished, say feds
VICTORIA - The federal government says the final offshore oil and gas permits for Canada's West Coast have been relinquished. A news release from the office of Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jo...
Feb 21, 2024
Federal government scales back carbon price rebates for small businesses
OTTAWA - The federal government is cutting the amount of financial relief small businesses will receive from carbon pricing revenues so it can increase the size of the rebate it is providing to rural ...
Feb 20, 2024
Alberta First Nations seek answers on carbon capture and storage plans
Seven Alberta First Nations have banded together to seek answers as industry and government move on billion-dollar plans to inject and store millions of tonnes of greenhouse gases underneath or adjace...
Feb 18, 2024
Group looking to take legal action against Sask. Government over clearcutting in Boreal Forest
A group of concerned citizens plans to take the Saskatchewan Government to court over the clearcutting they're allowing in the Boreal Forest.Cathy Sproule, who's overseeing the legal action, told paNO...
Feb 16, 2024
Ottawa considers changes to clean-electricity rules after consultations
Ottawa is considering alterations to its proposed clean-electricity regulations after consultations with industry, opening the door to more flexibility for individual power generators. "We can still g...
Feb 16, 2024
Ottawa promised Canadians two billion new trees, Quebec wants to cut some down
MONTREAL - The federal government committed to planting two billion trees across the country to restore natural habitats and fight climate change, and now Quebec wants to harvest some of them. The pro...
Feb 16, 2024
'Economic reconciliation': Mi'kmaw communities invest in Nova Scotia battery plants
OTTAWA - A corporation co-owned by 13 Mi'kmaw communities is investing in new battery plants with Nova Scotia Power in what both parties are calling a step toward reconciliation. The project, announce...
Feb 15, 2024
B.C.'s 2024 vintage faces wipeout, as wine report predicts up to 99% loss due to cold
KELOWNA, B.C. - Winery owner Rolf de Bruin was well aware of the stakes as temperatures plunged to -24 C in Lillooet, B.C., in mid-January. "It's really painful because there's nothing that you can do...
Feb 15, 2024
Crew rescued from Newfoundland fishing boat pushed ashore by seething winter storm
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Lights from fishing boats illuminating heavy snowfall helped guide four crew members off a teetering vessel Wednesday night that had run aground that morning in Newfoundland as a ma...
Feb 15, 2024