Tag Archives: Environment
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
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