Tag Archives: Environment
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
Canada promised to stop exporting unwanted plastic waste. But it's still happening.
OTTAWA - On the northern fringe of Myanmar's largest city is a township of nearly 300,000 people with a growing industrial base in textiles, consumer goods and food products. But north of Yangon in Sh...
Oct 19, 2023
Environmental group challenges federal action on protecting endangered spotted owl
VANCOUVER - An environmental group is challenging the federal government's handling of protection for the northern spotted owl, calling an eight-month delay in deciding on an emergency order to preven...
Oct 18, 2023
Archeology work the latest roadblock to rebuild Lytton, B.C.: Mayor
LYTTON, B.C. - Archeologists have uncovered thousands of artifacts, including a 7,500-year-old spear point, as they dig below what was Lytton, B.C., the village destroyed by fire in June 2021. But for...
Oct 18, 2023
Assembly of First Nations climate strategy seeks collaboration between governments
OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations launched its new national climate strategy in Ottawa on Wednesday, calling on federal, provincial and territorial governments to work with First Nations to imple...
Oct 18, 2023
Caribbean seek Ottawa's help in global financial reforms to fight climate change
OTTAWA - Caribbean leaders are asking Canada to ramp up its advocacy for reforming global financial institutions so that smaller states can tackle climate change. They are also hoping an international...
Oct 18, 2023
Supreme Court opinion doesn't change plans to regulate oil, gas emissions: Guilbeault
OTTAWA - Regulations to cap greenhouse-gas emissions from oil and gas production will be published later this fall, and they won't be affected by a recent Supreme Court of Canada decision striking dow...
Oct 17, 2023
Parks Canada signs agreement with First Nations, opens door to harvesting in Jasper
Parks Canada and two First Nations have signed an agreement that points to a stronger Indigenous voice in national parks management and opens the door to harvesting in western Alberta's Jasper Nationa...
Oct 17, 2023