Tag Archives: Environment
Several thousand people forced from homes as wildfires burn across Alberta
Several thousand people have been ordered to leave their homes as more than 100 wildfires burn across Alberta. "Everybody's out, everybody's alive, nobody's injured," said Steven Lacroix, managing dir...
May 05, 2023
RM of Nipawin initiates fire ban
The Rural Municipality of Nipawin has initiated a fire ban, effective immediately.In light of the wildfires hitting across the province right now, the RM stated "an extreme fire hazard condition exist...
May 05, 2023
Heavy rain, spring snowmelt threaten several B.C. communities with flooding
Heavy rain sweeping across southern and central British Columbia has intensified an already difficult flood situation along numerous rivers, creeks and streams. The forecast has prompted a warning fro...
May 05, 2023
Environment Canada opens Fisheries Act investigation into Kearl tailings releases
EDMONTON - Environment Canada has opened an investigation into whether Imperial Oil broke federal laws with two releases of tailings from its Kearl oilsands mine in northern Alberta. Environment Minis...
May 04, 2023
Research finds some Pacific salmon migration out of sync with food supply
VANCOUVER - Climate change is knocking some Pacific salmon out of alignment with the growth of the ocean plankton they eat to survive, new research says. In the largest data set ever gathered on the t...
May 04, 2023
UPDATE: Clearwater River Dene Nation ordered to evacuate as wildfire nears
Update: A mandatory evacuation order was put into effect around 8 p.m. Wednesday evening for the Clearwater River Dene Nation (CRDN). Community officials said it was due to increased smoke and because...
May 03, 2023
Northeast communities to benefit from flood mapping
The Water Security Agency (WSA) is working to improve water management for the province with a key investment in the Flood Hazard Identification Mapping Program, and both the Melfort and Tisdale areas...
May 03, 2023
Multiple contained, uncontained fires burning close to local communities
Wildfire season is here in Saskatchewan and multiple fires have already been reported all over.Currently, there are nine fires burning in the province, four contained, four uncontained, and one that's...
May 03, 2023
Canada has nothing to fear from U.S. protectionist rhetoric, envoy to Ottawa insists
WASHINGTON - Canada threw a "hissy fit" over President Joe Biden's original plan to boost the sales of American-made electric vehicles, the U.S. envoy to Ottawa said Wednesday as he insisted that his ...
May 03, 2023
B.C. wildlife group shares tips on duckling dilemmas, as dozens of orphans brought in
BURNABY, B.C. - A British Columbia animal rescue group is issuing tips for the public after dozens of orphan ducklings have been brought into its centre. The Wildlife Rescue Association of BC says the...
May 03, 2023