Tag Archives: Environment
Melfort's Fall Clean Up Week starts on Monday
Melfort residents have a chance to clean their yards with a little less hassle than normal. Fall Clean Up Week is being held in the city from Oct. 6 to 11. Director of Public Works Kalyna Cipywnyk sai...
Oct 03, 2025
Preparatory work to begin this fall for expansion of Port of Montreal at Contrecœur
MONTREAL - The Montreal Port Authority says it intends to begin preparatory work this fall on its planned expansion in the nearby town of Contrecur, Que. The project still requires authorization from ...
Oct 02, 2025
'No one of her stature': Conservationist Jane Goodall remembered in Canada
TORONTO - Jane Goodall's friend Dax Dasilva says one of the most remarkable things about the conservationist was an ability to draw animals towards her. Dasilva, a Vancouver-born entrepreneur and envi...
Oct 02, 2025
Conservation group preparing to perform necropsies on dead sperm whales in P.E.I.
A conservation group is planning necropsies on three sperm whales that died after being stranded off the northern coast of Prince Edward Island. Tonya Wimmer, executive director of the Marine Animal R...
Oct 02, 2025
Environmentalists, politicians, celebrities recall life and influence of primatologist Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall was a pioneer, a tireless advocate and a deeply compassionate conservationist who inspired others to care about primates - and all animals - during a long life well lived, according to tr...
Oct 01, 2025
Jane Goodall, the celebrated primatologist and conservationist, has died
Jane Goodall, the intellectual, soft-spoken conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking, immersive chimpanzee field research in which she documented the primates' distinct personalities and use of...
Oct 01, 2025
Investigation underway after cow elk shot and left to waste near Aylsham
The Turn in Poachers and Polluters (TIPP) line is looking for information after a cow elk was shot and left to waste near Aylsham. (Sasktip/Facebook)Nipawin conservation officers were notified of the ...
Oct 01, 2025
Marineland decries Ottawa decision to bar export of remaining beluga whales to China
TORONTO - Marineland says it is "profoundly" disappointed by the federal government's decision to deny its request to ship 30 belugas to China and the park has "no ability to pay" for their care - wit...
Oct 01, 2025
All three beached sperm whales in P.E.I. dead: conservation group
All three sperm whales stranded off the northern coast of Prince Edward Island have died, a marine rescue organization says. Tonya Wimmer, executive director of the Marine Animal Response Society, has...
Sep 30, 2025
Prolonged drought stunts the renowned wild blueberry crop in the Maritimes
HALIFAX - This summer's prolonged drought across Atlantic Canada has had a costly impact on wild blueberry growers in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Donald Arseneault, general manager of the NB Bluebe...
Sep 30, 2025