Tag Archives: Environment
House passes bill creating carve-outs for farmers in Canada's carbon pricing scheme
OTTAWA - A private member's bill that would create specific carve-outs for farmers in Canada's carbon pricing scheme has passed in the House of Commons. The bill would exempt farmers from paying for e...
Mar 30, 2023
Carbon price and rebates rising Saturday in Ontario, Prairies
OTTAWA - Canadians in the prairies, two territories and Ontario will pay a bit more to fill their gas tanks or heat their houses next month as the national carbon price rises Saturday. At the same tim...
Mar 30, 2023
Regulator defends finding that Alberta's largest earthquake was caused by oilpatch
EDMONTON - Alberta's energy regulator has defended its finding that the province's largest recorded earthquake was caused by oilpatch activity, saying the pattern of temblors since last fall clearly p...
Mar 30, 2023
RCMP arrest five people near natural gas pipeline construction site in northern B.C.
The RCMP say five people have been arrested at two camps in the area where a disputed natural gas pipeline is under construction in northwestern British Columbia. Police say Mounties responded to a co...
Mar 29, 2023
Five things to know about Canada's electricity overhaul as budget spurs clean tech
OTTAWA - Clean electricity was one of the stars of Tuesday's federal budget, with almost $1 in every $8 of new spending the budget anticipates in the next five years targeting Canada's electricity dre...
Mar 29, 2023
Move toward 'economic reconciliation' must also come with healing: AFN national chief
OTTAWA - Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald says advancing "economic reconciliation" must go hand in hand with helping communities heal from intergenerational trauma. She says...
Mar 29, 2023
Fight against toxic mining runoff from Canada persists, say U.S. Indigenous leaders
WASHINGTON - U.S. Indigenous leaders from the Pacific Northwest say they won't give up trying to convince Canada's federal government to agree to a bilateral investigation of toxic mining runoff from ...
Mar 29, 2023
Wolf hunting licenses to be available to out of province hunters
The recently released provincial budget contained a lot of notes for a lot of groups and a lot of money for them as well. One news note from that busy day will interest the hunting community.Saskatche...
Mar 28, 2023
Alberta Energy Regulator to launch third-party probe of Kearl oilsands tailings leak
EDMONTON - The Alberta Energy Regulator says it's looking for an investigator to dig into releases of oilsands tailings and tailings-contaminated water that weren't made public for nine months. In a s...
Mar 28, 2023
Montreal single-use plastics ban comes into effect, covering range of products
MONTREAL - A Montreal municipal bylaw banning the use of single-use plastic items comes into effect today, with glasses, stir sticks, straws and utensils among the items that will be prohibited. The b...
Mar 28, 2023