Tag Archives: Environment
4 ways to avoid crashes this winter: SGI
It's no surprise that collisions in Saskatchewan increase in winter time. On Thursday, crown insurance company SGI hosted a media event centred around providing tips to avoid crashes.Tyler McMurchy wi...
Jan 21, 2024
No recharge: long-term Prairie drought raises concerns over groundwater levels
EDMONTON - In the middle of an Alberta mountain playground, adjacent to a popular ski resort, there's a well sunk into the bedrock that has John Pomeroy worried. The Marmot Creek well in Kananaskis Co...
Jan 21, 2024
Critics call for review of Alberta Energy Regulator over withheld liability study
EDMONTON - Critics are calling for a public inquiry into the actions of the Alberta Energy Regulator, after documents surfaced suggesting the agency downplayed the industry's environmental liabilities...
Jan 19, 2024
Battlefords Trail Breakers Snowmobile Club to host 2024 provincial festival
Get ready for some snow fun for the family! The Battlefords Trail Breakers Snowmobile Club are gearing up to host the Provincial Snowmobile Festival on February 23 and 24.This is the first time the Ba...
Jan 19, 2024
B.C. trawlers dump thousands of salmon, depleting orcas' food source: wildlife group
VICTORIA - A British Columbia wildlife protection group says chinook salmon that form the key diet for endangered orcas are being caught in their thousands by trawlers, only to be dumped or turned int...
Jan 19, 2024
Internal documents suggest Alberta Energy Regulator underestimated oil well liability
EDMONTON - Internal documents from Alberta's energy regulator suggest the province's environmental liability for hundreds of thousands of oil and gas wells could be nearly triple the figure the agency...
Jan 19, 2024
Trudeau departs Iqaluit doing after something he rarely does — reflecting on his dad
OTTAWA - As he falls back in the polls, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has found himself no longer the front-runner. But far away from Ottawa, he spent his last day in Nunavut trailing behind a differe...
Jan 19, 2024
Heat pump interest highest in Atlantic but bigger grants not yet making a difference
OTTAWA - The three provinces most dependent on heating oil account for almost nine in 10 of the households that have applied for a federal grant to replace an oil furnace with an electric heat pump. B...
Jan 18, 2024
Quebec catches one of two wayward wild boars on the loose since September
MONTREAL - Officials in Quebec say they've tracked down and killed one of two escaped wild boars that have been on the loose since at least September. The Wildlife Department says a team located the f...
Jan 18, 2024
Nova Scotia man charged with igniting massive Barrington Lake wildfire
HALIFAX - A 22-year-old Nova Scotia man has been charged with lighting a fire last May that grew to become one of the largest wildfires in the province's history. The Barrington Lake fire southwest of...
Jan 18, 2024