Tag Archives: Environment
Feds, two Atlantic premiers agree to 'modified' Atlantic Loop project
OTTAWA - Nova Scotia and New Brunswick scaled back plans for the Atlantic Loop electricity grid Monday to expanding just one existing connection between their two provinces, rather than also building ...
Oct 16, 2023
Experts weigh impact from Supreme Court ruling on other federal environmental moves
Some legal experts say a Supreme Court of Canada ruling that found much of Ottawa's environmental assessment law unconstitutional will have no impact on other federal moves such as clean electricity r...
Oct 16, 2023
Montreal mayor joins mayors of New York, Paris on UN sustainability advisory group
Montreal Mayor Valrie Plante has joined a new United Nations group to help local and regional governments implement the organization's sustainable development plan. The Advisory Group on Local and Reg...
Oct 16, 2023
Suncor CEO says company committed to decarbonization, is accused of greenwashing
OTTAWA - Suncor remains totally committed to eliminating its carbon footprint in less than three decades, the company's CEO said Monday on Parliament Hill. But Rich Kruger was accused by some MPs of g...
Oct 16, 2023
More than 50 Indigenous fish harvesters in the Maritimes charged or on trial: Ottawa
HALIFAX - Three years after a First Nation started a self-regulated lobster fishery that sparked protests and violence in Nova Scotia, federal prosecutors are pressing ahead with charges against dozen...
Oct 15, 2023
Cloud breaks bring cheers from partial solar eclipse watchers at B.C. observatory
SAANICH, B.C. - Cheers greeted the brief cloud breaks that gave more than 100 people gathered at an astrophysical observatory site near Victoria, B.C., a peak at Saturday's partial solar eclipse. Fog ...
Oct 14, 2023
Construction of ParticiPARK could begin in early 2024
La Ronge council received an update of the ParticiPARK project at a regular meeting earlier this week.The update marked the first time council learned more about the project since a public consultatio...
Oct 13, 2023
Reaction to Supreme Court's ruling on environmental review law
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday against federal legislation dealing with the environmental effects of major developments. Five out of seven judges found most of the law unconstitutional, beca...
Oct 13, 2023
Supreme Court majority rules against federal environmental impact law
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday against federal legislation on the environmental effects of major developments, with five out of seven judges finding most of it unconstitutional because its l...
Oct 13, 2023
Industry prepares as avian flu cases expected to increase as birds migrate south
VANCOUVER - Animal health experts are warning about avian flu returning to poultry farms as wild birds begin migrating south for the winter. Ray Nickel, spokesman for the B.C. Poultry Association Emer...
Oct 12, 2023