Tag Archives: Environment
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
Flooding has pushed Wisconsin's Bad River closer to Line 5 pipeline: court documents
WASHINGTON - Heavy flooding throughout the U.S. Midwest has pushed the edge of the Bad River in Wisconsin ever closer to Line 5, amplifying fears that the controversial pipeline could rupture on Indig...
May 02, 2023
Water pressure: Indigenous leaders from U.S., Canada still demanding pollution probe
WASHINGTON - Indigenous leaders in Canada and the U.S. are turning up the pressure on Ottawa for an investigation of toxic mining runoff from B.C., despite high-level bilateral promises of an agreemen...
May 01, 2023
Rally decries lack of federal regulation targetting shipbreaking operations
A Vancouver Island community is sounding the alarm about the lack of federal and provincial regulations targetting boat-dismantling operations that may leak pollutants like asbestos and heavy metals i...
Apr 30, 2023
'It's our highway:' Researchers, Indigenous guardians monitor lake ice in N.W.T.
LUTSEL K'E, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - Iris Catholique says over the past two decades, she's noticed the waters of Great Slave Lake surrounding Lutsel K'e, N.W.T., taking longer to freeze in the winter. ...
Apr 30, 2023