Tag Archives: Environment
Province asks court to prevent feds from intervening on Highway 413, Ontario Place
TORONTO - Ontario is asking the courts to prevent the federal government from using the impugned Impact Assessment Act to stop the province from moving ahead with Highway 413 and Ontario Place constru...
Oct 24, 2023
Why fall's arrival hasn't shaken off the impact of B.C.'s 'exceptional' drought
Climate geoscientist Joseph Shea didn't have to go far to find evidence of what he calls "exceptional" hot and dry weather in British Columbia this year. He says he was still gathering raspberries in ...
Oct 24, 2023
Canada using 'dormant' treaty to sidestep Indigenous rights in U.S.: court documents
WASHINGTON - The federal government and Enbridge Inc. are trying to exploit a "dormant" and outdated treaty with the United States to forestall the shutdown of the Line 5 pipeline, human rights and en...
Oct 23, 2023
After years of decline, endangered right whale population could be levelling off
HALIFAX - The population of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales appears to be stabilizing after years of discouraging declines, according to new data released Monday by an international ...
Oct 23, 2023
'Dramatic decline': Calgary researcher says sea ice in Antarctica lowest since 1986
ROTHERA RESEARCH STATION, ANTARCTICA - A Calgary researcher, who has spent the last eight months in Antarctica studying sea ice, says he has seen first-hand how big an effect climate change has had in...
Oct 21, 2023
LLRIB part of nutrition, health and environment research project
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band is participating in a Canadian research study that will examine the nutrition, health and environment of First Nations children and youth aged three to 19. A special openi...
Oct 20, 2023
Banning plastic waste exports won't solve the world's plastic trash woes: Guilbeault
OTTAWA - The mountains of trash from foreign countries seen piling up around homes and temples in Myanmar are renewing calls for Canada and other wealthy countries to deal with their own plastic garba...
Oct 20, 2023
By the numbers: Saskatchewan’s 2023 wildfire season
It doesn't take an expert to know that this past wildfire season in Saskatchewan was a bad one for the province.Many days throughout the summer months were spent reading air quality index reports and ...
Oct 19, 2023
Judge probes eight-month wait for federal minister's owl protection recommendation
VANCOUVER - A Federal Court judge said he's "wrestling" with why the minister responsible for saving British Columbia's northern spotted owl waited eight months to recommend an emergency protection or...
Oct 19, 2023
Low water levels prompt State of Emergency for Village of Cumberland House and Cree Nation
A northern Saskatchewan village and First Nation says there's insufficient water and are now in a State of Emergency.The Metis Nation-Saskatchewan along with Cumberland House and Cumberland House Cree...
Oct 19, 2023