Tag Archives: Environment
Muskoday Fire Captain receives prestigious national award
A Saskatchewan firefighter is one of three women in Canada being recognized on the national stage. Michelle Vandevord was recently recognized through the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Awards Progra...
Jun 20, 2023
Canada's oil output would plummet by 2050 in a net-zero world, new modelling shows
CALGARY - New modelling from the Canada Energy Regulator suggests Canadian oil production will plummet by 2050 - and large portions of Alberta's oilsands facilities will be shut down - if the world is...
Jun 20, 2023
IMF applauds Canada's climate action, warns of 'race to the bottom' with subsidies
OTTAWA - The International Monetary Fund warns that Canada's green subsidies could stoke an international race to the bottom, even as it credits the country for a "multipronged" approach to addressing...
Jun 20, 2023
Oil and gas, electricity emissions remain a challenge for Ottawa-Alberta relationship
OTTAWA - There is no line in the sand between his government and Alberta over energy and climate policies but there is also still a lot of daylight in their respective visions, Natural Resources Minis...
Jun 19, 2023
Fire situation eases slightly, but risks remain as more than 400 wildfires still burn
OTTAWA - Canadians should be on alert for more bad air quality days ahead this summer as wildfires continue to burn out of control in most provinces, national public health officials warned Monday. Th...
Jun 19, 2023
U.S. deploys high-tech Pentagon program to help Canada detect, suppress new wildfires
The U.S. Department of Defense has deployed a new high-tech fire detection system to help Canada battle one of its worst wildfire seasons on record.The White House says the FireGuard system uses real-...
Jun 17, 2023
U.S. deploys high-tech Pentagon program to help Canada detect, suppress new wildfires
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Defense has deployed a new high-tech fire detection system to help Canada battle one of its worst wildfire seasons on record. The White House says the FireGuard sys...
Jun 17, 2023
Enbridge to pay Bad River band $5.1M in Line 5 profits, move pipeline by 2026: judge
WASHINGTON - Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. must pay an Indigenous band in Wisconsin more than US$5 million in Line 5 profits and relocate the controversial cross-border pipeline within the next three ye...
Jun 17, 2023
Wildfire in southern N.S. occurred amid some of driest recorded conditions: scientist
HALIFAX - A federal scientist with the Canadian Forest Service is pointing to the driest conditions since the Second World War as a key factor behind the largest wildfire in Nova Scotia in the past ce...
Jun 17, 2023
History of the Wahpeton Dakota people in P.A.'s Little Red River Park
Have you ever wondered how Little Red River Park in Prince Albert got its name?In recognition of National Indigenous History Month, paNOW joined historian Leo Omani on a tour of the area which used to...
Jun 16, 2023