Tag Archives: Environment
Electricity being restored to Montreal after nearly 200K customers lost power
MONTREAL - Quebec's hydro utility was working to restore electricity to clients in Montreal after a problem with a transmission line knocked out power to nearly 200,000 customers on Thursday. Montral-...
Jul 06, 2023
Canada, U.S., Mexico gather in Cancun to talk North American trade irritants
WASHINGTON - North America's trading partners are in Cancun for two days of meetings to take stock of the last three years under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. International Trade Minister Mary Ng ...
Jul 06, 2023
Feds, Stellantis reach deal over battery plant in Windsor, construction to restart
Stellantis and LG Energy Solution announced Wednesday that their electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ont., is back on track after reaching a "binding" financing deal with the governments of Can...
Jul 05, 2023
Quebec offers $50 million to businesses affected by unprecedented wildfire season
MONTREAL - Quebec has announced $50 million in support for businesses hit by unprecedented wildfires that have been raging for several weeks in different regions of the province. The measures announce...
Jul 05, 2023
UNESCO report on Wood Buffalo park shows urgency of problems, First Nation says
A report from a United Nations body on environmental threats to Canada's largest national park shows the urgency of the problems, says a spokesman for the First Nation that originally brought concerns...
Jul 05, 2023
Tuesday set an unofficial record for the hottest day on Earth. Wednesday may break it.
The planet's temperature spiked on Tuesday to its hottest day in at least 44 years and likely much longer, and Wednesday could become the third straight day Earth unofficially marks a record-breaking ...
Jul 05, 2023
Man who died after landslide in Quebec's Saguenay—Lac-St-Jean region identified
MONTREAL - A man who died after a landslide Saturday in Quebec's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region has been identified as 48-year-old Pascal Hon, the provincial coroner's office said Wednesday. The identity...
Jul 05, 2023
Ten years after Lac-Megantic rail disaster, fish not biting 'like they used to'
LAC-MGANTIC, Que. - Pierre Grenier says that ever since the 2013 train derailment in Lac-Megantic, Que., spilled 100,000 litres of crude oil into the Chaudire River, the fishing hasn't been the same. ...
Jul 05, 2023
UNESCO reaffirms threats to Wood Buffalo National Park; calls for action on oilsands
A United Nations body has affirmed earlier findings that Canada's largest national park remains under environmental threats from dams, oilsands development and climate change. The UNESCO report, issue...
Jul 04, 2023
Nipawin looks to apply for provincial disaster relief
Following a major wind event that saw trees uprooted or snapped in two on Canada Day, the Town of Nipawin will look to apply for disaster relief from the province.Town staff said on July 4 that they a...
Jul 04, 2023