Tag Archives: Environment
Greener Homes Grant program proves more popular than federal government expected
OTTAWA - Demand for federal cash to help defray the cost of home energy renovations spiked in recent months, forcing the government to close applications for the program almost a year earlier than exp...
Feb 05, 2024
'Not be tolerated': Alberta files formal response to proposed oilsands emissions cap
Alberta and two prominent business groups have released formal responses to a proposed federal emissions cap as the province's environment minister was slated to meet with her federal counterpart. "Th...
Feb 05, 2024
Emergency declared in Cape Breton as snowstorm leaves much of Nova Scotia paralyzed
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government is asking Ottawa for help as the province digs out from an "extreme snowfall" that has prompted parts of Cape Breton to declare local states of emergency. A stalle...
Feb 05, 2024
Boom in southern Quebec mining claims, including under people's homes, causes anxiety
MONTREAL - When Ellen Rice-Hogan discovered that someone had bought a mining claim under her farm, she was shocked. There's no mining around the Township of Low, Que., about 40 kilometres northwest of...
Feb 05, 2024
B.C.'s dramatic temperature swings put stress on bees and cattle
VANCOUVER - Recent wild temperature swings in British Columbia have raised concerns about the impact on some local animals' health, and potentially their survival. Temperatures in the Fraser Valley ci...
Feb 02, 2024
Bill to update impact assessment law coming in spring: Wilkinson
OTTAWA - The federal government will introduce legislation this spring to fix the constitutional problems the Supreme Court of Canada has with the Impact Assessment Act, Natural Resources Minister Jon...
Feb 01, 2024
Land before dinosaurs: Fossils from Permian era exposed in P.E.I. after Fiona storm
FREDERICTON - Post-tropical storm Fiona has revealed traces of a time before dinosaurs, preserved in the rock and sandstone of Prince Edward Island and exposed in the tempest's wake. In September 2022...
Jan 31, 2024
Farmers anxious as carbon price carve-out bill faces uncertain future
OTTAWA - Canadian farmers may have to wait months to find out if they'll owe thousands of dollars for carbon pricing this year, as a bill that would give them a new exemption remains mired in politica...
Jan 31, 2024
A controversial theory linking climate change to Arctic cold snaps, explained
The capricious start to the winter season has already seen dramatic temperature swings across much of Canada, with energy grid-disrupting cold snaps giving way to an ice-thawing warm spell. Scientists...
Jan 31, 2024
PAGC calls for proactive strategies to address anticipated busy wildfire season
Citing major evacuations that occurred last year and a forecast that predicts an unusually warm beginning to the next wildfire season, Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC)'s Wildfire Task Force wants th...
Jan 30, 2024