Tag Archives: Environment
Trudeau arrives in Golden State for APEC summit in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau focused on old friendships and newfangled paths to affordability Wednesday as he touched down in California for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summ...
Nov 15, 2023
P.A. tops Canada for cocaine/meth load in wastewater
In a dubious first place finish, recently released numbers from Statistics Canada show Prince Albert having the highest amount of certain drugs in municipal wastewater in Canada. Three separate graphs...
Nov 14, 2023
Trudeau, Eby announce $1-billion battery plant in Maple Ridge, B.C.
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. - A billion-dollar battery cell production plant in Maple Ridge, B.C., will produce up to 135 million batteries each year as part of Canada's push toward clean technology, Prime Mini...
Nov 14, 2023
Quebec to improve forest fire adaptation after record-beating wildfire season
Quebec's forest fire prevention agency says the area burned by wildfires this year was greater than the previous 20 years combined. SOPFEU director general ric Rousseau told reporters today that some ...
Nov 14, 2023
Guilbeault, Poilievre trade barbs over carbon price exemption bill for farmers
OTTAWA - A private member's bill that would create another carbon-pricing carve-out has Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault accusing Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre of having no "moral decency...
Nov 14, 2023
Biden, Xi early headliners as leaders gather in California for Asia-Pacific summit
SAN FRANCISCO - Its 21 member economies represent nearly three billion people and 62 per cent of the world's GDP, generating US$30 trillion in global trade last year alone. But on Wednesday, the annua...
Nov 14, 2023
The carbon price is now off home heating oil — but the cost of oil is still high
OTTAWA - Draft regulations removing the carbon price from home heating oil are now in effect, Finance Canada confirmed Friday, but the change will do little to ease affordability woes for Canadians wh...
Nov 10, 2023
Two buildings in La Ronge and one in Meadow Lake receive environmentally friendly certificates
A building in Meadow Lake and two in La Ronge are among a small list of Saskatchewan properties getting recognized for the work done to be more environmentally friendly.A total of 12 buildings recentl...
Nov 09, 2023
Study looks back centuries to peer into the future for polar bears
New research suggests that ancient polar bear populations shrank as sea ice dwindled, adding weight to concerns about the predator's future as climate change melts the Arctic. "The population size see...
Nov 09, 2023
Scientists call on Canada to adopt ecologically minded forest degradation definition
TORONTO - The Canadian government must take action to stop the degradation of its forests from large-scale industrial logging, a letter signed by more than 100 scientists urged Wednesday. The letter, ...
Nov 08, 2023