Tag Archives: Environment
Quebec wilderness outfitters hit hard by Quebec fires and forest access ban
MONTREAL - Quebec's massive forest fires have forced most of the province's wilderness outfitters to shut down during one of their busiest seasons. While some have been closed due to active fires, doz...
Jun 06, 2023
Industry, conservationists welcome Ottawa's delay on B.C. salmon farm transition plan
VICTORIA - Both sides of British Columbia's contentious fish farm debate are welcoming Ottawa's move to delay a decision on a planned transition from open-net salmon farms in the province's coastal wa...
Jun 06, 2023
Wildfire roundup: A look at what's burning across the country and who's affected
Federal Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair has said images of wildfires burning across Canada are some of the most severe ever witnessed in the country and the forecast for the next few months...
Jun 06, 2023
Cenovus fined after wastewater release from former Husky-owned pipeline
CALGARY - Cenovus Energy is facing a fine over a release of wastewater into a wetland. In 2020, a pipeline then belonging to Husky Oil released about 206 cubic metres of produced water through a break...
Jun 06, 2023
Vancouver Island scuba divers spot sixgill shark in rare shallow-water sighting
NANAIMO, B.C. - Connor McTavish and three companions had just planned to explore the site of a shipwreck in Alberni Inlet on Vancouver Island last month when he spotted something in the corner of his ...
Jun 06, 2023
'Dirty deal': protesters disrupt Joe Manchin event over Mountain Valley pipeline
WASHINGTON - Protesters chanted "dirty deal" and belted out a John Denver favourite Tuesday as they disrupted moderate Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin to let him know what they think of the newly fast-track...
Jun 06, 2023
Research advances date for likely summer ice-free Arctic by a decade
New research has moved up the time by which the Arctic Ocean is predicted to be free of summer ice. A paper published Tuesday in the journal Nature has concluded that those northern waters could be op...
Jun 06, 2023
Uncertainty remains for Halifax-area evacuees as wildfire 100 per cent contained
HALIFAX - In the days since he lost his home in the wildfires that swept through his Halifax-area subdivision, Dwayne Melnick has had a mission to focus on: find a place to stay. Speak to insurance co...
Jun 04, 2023
One northern Quebec town evacuated as wildfires spread; others allowed to return home
Another northern Quebec town was evacuated due to an out of control wildfire on Saturday as the federal government confirmed that Canadian Forces personnel would be deployed to help combat forest fire...
Jun 03, 2023
Inuit, environmental groups praise cruises for agreeing to avoid Eclipse Sound
POND INLET, Nunavut - A marine conservation charity and Inuit hunters are praising cruise operators for agreeing to avoid a Nunavut waterway where thousands of narwhal migrate each summer. The Associa...
Jun 03, 2023