Tag Archives: Environment

Quebec man facing arson charges in northern wildfires detained ahead of bail hearing
A Quebec man facing arson charges for allegedly setting forest fires during the province's unprecedented wildfire season will remain detained ahead of a bail hearing on Monday. Brian Par, 37, of Chibo...
Sep 08, 2023

Thousands of residents return to Yellowknife, but many still out in other communities
YELLOWKNIFE - Thousands of people from the Northwest Territories have returned home this week after a wildfire evacuation order was lifted for Yellowknife's 20,000 residents. The order for the territo...
Sep 07, 2023

Quebec man, 37, charged with arson in connection with wildfires in province's north
Quebec provincial police have arrested a man for arson in connection with numerous forest fires that burned earlier this summer in the province's north. Police say a 37-year-old man was scheduled to a...
Sep 07, 2023

Most campgrounds in Lac La Ronge Provincial Park now closed
Most campgrounds in the Lac La Ronge Provincial Park are now closed for the season.That's according to park manager Natasha Merriman, who explained Nut Point, Nemeiben Lake, Wadin Bay, Little Deer, Ma...
Sep 07, 2023

New questions for wind, solar in Alberta create more confusion for industry: advocate
EDMONTON - New information requirements for Alberta power generators including wind and solar projects will create further problems for a booming renewables industry that government policy has already...
Sep 07, 2023

Western Canada a global hot spot over summer months: Climate Central study
Western Canada was a global hot spot in a summer that climate change made one of the warmest on record, according to a new analysis. "Canada, and especially the western provinces, have been unusually ...
Sep 07, 2023

Deb Haaland, first Indigenous member of U.S. cabinet, meets counterparts in Ottawa
WASHINGTON - Canada and the United States are working together through "a period of healing" from the open wounds of residential schools and missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, U.S. Inter...
Sep 06, 2023

Alberta's 'war room' is back with massive ad spend revealed in annual report
EDMONTON - New documents outline a massive increase in public funding for the Canadian Energy Centre's campaign to change attitudes toward Alberta's oil and gas. An agency founded by Alberta's United ...
Sep 06, 2023

'Safe travels': Evacuation order lifted for N.W.T. capital after weeks of fire danger
YELLOWKNIFE - Angela Canning rushed to the highway Wednesday morning to wave at the stream of vehicles heading back to Yellowknife as an evacuation order was lifted three weeks after a nearby wildfire...
Sep 06, 2023

One Arrow celebrates opening of new conference centre and cultural camp
One Arrow First Nation Chief Janine Baldhead says the opening of a new conference centre and cultural Camp represents a great opportunity for the community and surrounding area.Well over 100 people tu...
Sep 05, 2023