Tag Archives: Environment
Northvolt to build $7B battery factory near Montreal, includes government money
MONTREAL - Swedish manufacturer Northvolt has announced it will build a $7-billion gigafactory for electric vehicle batteries near Montreal that it claims will represent the largest private investment...
Sep 28, 2023
Hurricane Juan: the most powerful and deadly storm to hit Atlantic Canada in 50 years
HALIFAX - Chris Fogarty remembers the moment 20 years ago when he transmitted a weather bulletin warning that hurricane Juan would make landfall near Halifax, churning out gusts at 140 kilometres per ...
Sep 28, 2023
Poll suggests two-thirds of Albertans oppose pause on renewable energy approvals
EDMONTON - A poll released Thursday suggests nearly two-thirds of Albertans oppose the provincial government's moratorium on approvals for new renewable energy projects. "This poll clearly demonstrate...
Sep 28, 2023
Report says Alberta energy regulator followed rules in Kearl mine wastewater release
EDMONTON - A third-party report into the release of millions of litres of oilsands wastewater at Imperial Oil's Kearl mine has found Alberta's energy regulator followed its rules in keeping the public...
Sep 27, 2023
Hajdu says 'co-developed' First Nations water legislation to be tabled this fall
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu says she hopes to table a piece of legislation this fall that she says is the closest the federal government has come to co-developing law with First ...
Sep 27, 2023
Alberta premier defends minister over possible conflict of interest concerns
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is defending one of her cabinet ministers over possible conflict of interest concerns. Provincial records show that the husband of Environment and Protected A...
Sep 27, 2023
Hundreds of derelict vessels removed from Canadian waters, Coast Guard says
Vancouver developer Howard Meakin has owned thefamed Expo 86-era floating McDonald's restaurant vessel known as the McBarge for decades, and despite its outward appearance, by no means is it derelict,...
Sep 27, 2023
Alberta NDP asks minister to quash application for Rocky Mountain coal mine
Alberta's New Democrat Opposition is asking the provincial government to step in and quash applications for coal mining exploration in the Rocky Mountains. In a letter to Energy Minister Brian Jean, e...
Sep 26, 2023
Canada watches nervously as Biden, Trump descend on Michigan over strike, EV strategy
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden made history Tuesday as the first modern U.S. president to visit a picket line, cheering on striking autoworkers in Michigan as part of a big-stakes play for blue-collar support...
Sep 26, 2023
Most evacuation orders, alerts lifted in B.C.'s Okanagan wildfires
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - Evacuation orders and alerts have been lifted for all but one property in West Kelowna, B.C., about five weeks after thousands were chased out by a fast-moving wildfire. Central O...
Sep 25, 2023