Tag Archives: Environment
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
Residents of Quebec town evacuated 2 weeks ago because of fire to return home Sunday
MONTREAL - Residents of a northern Quebec town that has been under an evacuation order for the past two weeks due to forest fires are expected to be allowed home on Sunday, the town's mayor said. Lebe...
Jun 16, 2023
Métis Nations set to benefit from proposed uranium project in north Sask.
Several Mtis Nations in northern Saskatchewan are set to benefit from a uranium project in the area.Mtis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) and the seven Mtis Locals of Northern Region 2 - which includes La L...
Jun 15, 2023
Liberals table 'sustainable jobs' bill to back up pledge to help workers transition
OTTAWA - The fact Liberals are tabling new legislation to force the federal government to create and protect jobs is a recognition that the shift to a clean-energy economy is already happening, Natura...
Jun 15, 2023
Global salmon farm company with B.C. ties backs land-based aquaculture in Japan
VICTORIA - The backing of a land-based salmon farm in Japan by a global company with ties to ocean fish farms in British Columbia has Indigenous and conservation groups calling on the federal governme...
Jun 15, 2023
New changes to Canadian Environmental Protection Act just a start: minister
OTTAWA - The Canadian Environmental Protection Act has been updated for the first time in more than 20 years, and the environment minister says that's just a start. Steven Guilbeault says there will b...
Jun 14, 2023
Wildlife unseen casualty as forests burn in worst wildfire season of the century
As wildfires from coast to coast scorch large swaths of forest, sometimes changing it irreversibly, experts have zeroed in on an often overlooked casualty of the blazes: wildlife. Spring fires, such a...
Jun 14, 2023