Tag Archives: Environment
Alberta Energy Regulator cites company for causing seismic events in Peace River area
EDMONTON - The Alberta Energy Regulator has cited an energy company for causing a series of earthquakes, including the largest recorded tremblor in the province's history. The environmental protection...
Mar 23, 2023
Parks Canada says reservation system appears to be meeting 'high demand' for camping
CALGARY - Campers logged into their computers, tablets and smartphones bright and early Thursday morning hoping to book their favourite sites in Banff National Park this summer. Some people got an ear...
Mar 23, 2023
Firm handshakes, hard lines: Trudeau, Biden to talk protectionism, Haiti, migration
OTTAWA - U.S. President Joe Biden arrived Thursday evening in Ottawa for a whirlwind 27-hour visit expected to focus on both the friendly and thorny aspects of the Canada-U.S. relationship, including ...
Mar 23, 2023
Alberta information commissioner to investigate Kearl tailings leak notifications
EDMONTON - Alberta's information commissioner has started an investigation into how the province's energy regulator notified the public about tailings pond releases at Imperial Oil's Kearl mine. "Info...
Mar 22, 2023
Cater Lake Wildlife Federation banquet to feature 'That Hunting Girl'
Cater Lake Wildlife Federation is looking forward to have well known outdoors woman, Amanda Lynn Mayhew, of the show That Hunting Girl, as a special guest speaker at its upcoming awards night banquet....
Mar 22, 2023
Don't assume U.S. minds are made up about Safe Third Country treaty: Canada's envoy
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's administration is not dismissing out of hand the idea of renegotiating the bilateral 2004 treaty that governs the flow of asylum seekers across its northern border, ...
Mar 22, 2023
Federal decision to shut down B.C. salmon farms prompts company court challenge
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia salmon farming company is going to court to challenge the federal government's decision not to renew the licences for its open-net farms off Vancouver Island. Documents ...
Mar 21, 2023
Alberta premier says changes coming to ensure prompt reporting of oilsands spills
EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith says laggardly public notification of Imperial Oil oilsands wastewater spills has illuminated the need for Alberta to ensure future alarms are sounded quicker. Smith ...
Mar 21, 2023
Vancouver park board offers tips on how to 'respect' city's coyotes
VANCOUVER - Now that coyote denning season is in full swing, the Vancouver park board is offering some tips for "peaceful coexistence" between the animals and humans. Their pups are born in the spring...
Mar 21, 2023
Ottawa needs 'made-in-Canada' response to U.S. Inflation Reduction Act: climate group
OTTAWA - As the federal government readies its spring budget, a climate group is urging Ottawa to pursue a "made-in-Canada" response to U.S. clean energy incentives. The Canadian Climate Institute pub...
Mar 21, 2023