Tag Archives: Environment
Fewer than 2,000 Hydro-Québec customers without power after storms caused new outages
MONTREAL - Fewer than 2,000 Hydro-Qubec customers were without power late Sunday afternoon, as the utility continued to repair outages after a major storm on Thursday along with new outages caused by ...
Jul 16, 2023
Canada sees 100,000 square kilometres burned this record-breaking wildfire season
OTTAWA - Canada's record-breaking wildfire season has now seen 100,000 square kilometres of land scorched as blazes continue to burn out of control across the entire country. The total area burned is ...
Jul 16, 2023
N.W.T. researchers studying permafrost, 'the foundation on which everything is built'
INUVIK, N.W.T. - Off the side of the road not far from the airport in Inuvik, N.W.T., among the shrubs and spruce trees, a series of rusted metal bars are buried deep in the ground. Installed in 2004,...
Jul 16, 2023
Fade into the night: Fireflies facing threats from climate change and light pollution
Aaron Fairweather remembers seeing fireflies as a child for the first time, a swarm of twinkles flashing across the surface of a lake near Saint John, N.B., illuminating a summer's night.Fairweather, ...
Jul 15, 2023
The latest legacy of Canada's wildfire smoke? Wisconsin's new beer-and-burger pairing
WASHINGTON - Another fragrant, hazy phenomenon is turning heads in the United States - only this time, beer fans in Canada will happily take the blame. It's one of the newest IPA offerings from G-Five...
Jul 15, 2023
Fade into the night: Fireflies facing threats from climate change and light pollution
Aaron Fairweather remembers seeing fireflies as a child for the first time, a swarm of twinkles flashing across the surface of a lake near Saint John, N.B., illuminating a summer's night. Fairweather,...
Jul 15, 2023
Video shows La Ronge conservation officers releasing sow and cubs
La Ronge conservation officers have responded to 30 calls for service regarding bears so far in 2023. That's according to data provided by the Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety, whic...
Jul 14, 2023
N.W.T. confirms anthrax outbreak in Slave River Lowlands bison
FORT SMITH, N.W.T. - The Northwest Territories government is confirming an anthrax outbreak among the Slave River Lowlands bison population. The Department of Environment and Climate Change reported t...
Jul 14, 2023
Canada set to end domestic subsidies for unabated fossil-fuel production
OTTAWA - Fourteen years ago, Canada joined the rest of the G20 in promising to wean fossil-fuel companies off of government subsidies that encouraged wasteful consumption and undermined efforts to slo...
Jul 14, 2023
Canadian Rangers to help evacuate Quebec Cree communities threatened by wildfires
MONTREAL - The federal government said Friday it will deploy Canadian Rangers to help evacuate northern Quebec communities threatened by wildfires, as several Cree nations ramped up air evacuations fo...
Jul 14, 2023