Tag Archives: Environment
Pipeline plot twist: where Line 5 threatens nature, now nature is a threat to Line 5
WASHINGTON - The controversial Canada-U.S. oil and gas conduit known as Line 5 could be facing its toughest challenger yet: the very watershed the pipeline's detractors are trying to protect. Spring f...
May 14, 2023
How an 'energizer bunny,' cheeseburgers and $14 billion helped Canada woo Volkswagen
The $14-billion deal that will see Volkswagen, the world's largest automaker, set up a manufacturing presence in Canada for the first time in history, took a year of negotiations on both sides of the ...
May 14, 2023
More fire bans issued as wildfires continue to pop up
As the hot weather continues, wildfires keep popping up in our province leading to more fire bans across Saskatchewan. As of Saturday, the province said that there are 35 fires currently burning with ...
May 13, 2023
Big bug benefits: Alberta scientist releases guide identifying cow dung insects
Alberta entomologist Kevin Floate is ready to start spreading the news that he has compiled a comprehensive guide into insects that live in cow dung in Canada. Floate - a scientist with Agriculture an...
May 13, 2023
Environment a background issue in Alberta election but may play role, say observers
EDMONTON - Few governments have seen as many environmental dust-ups as Alberta's United Conservatives in their four-year tenure. They tried delisting parks and opening the Rocky Mountains to coal mini...
May 13, 2023
'Human compassion': Albertans lend a helping hand to wildfire evacuees
Woodland Cree Elder Leonard Cardinal, his wife and their son prepared more than 100 bagged lunches earlier this week and delivered them to evacuees from Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, a northwestern Alber...
May 13, 2023
Two northern spotted owls found dead in B.C. forest, in blow to release program
SPUZZUM, B.C. - Two northern spotted owls that had been released into a British Columbia forest last year have been found dead, potentially reducing the known wild population in the province to a sing...
May 12, 2023
Lac La Ronge below desirable operating range
The water level on Lac La Ronge is expected to increase in the coming months. That's according to the Water Security Agency, which stated in an email to larongeNOW that the water level as of May 12 is...
May 12, 2023
Alberta regulator says Imperial Oil faces more water problems at Kearl oilsands mine
The Alberta Energy Regulator has warned Imperial Oil about more wastewater problems at its Kearl oilsands mine in northern Alberta. The regulator has issued a notice of non-compliance to the company a...
May 11, 2023
Overnight temperatures to bring relief in upcoming B.C. and Alberta heat wave
Alberta and British Columbia are bracing for an unseasonable heat wave with daytime highs soaring up to 15 degrees above normal over the coming days, though overnight temperatures are expected to prov...
May 11, 2023