Tag Archives: Environment
Clean electricity grid, new tax credits will be among highlights of federal budget
OTTAWA - Canada's push for a zero-emission electricity grid will get a significant funding boost in the federal budget on March 28, including with new tax credits expected to encourage the development...
Mar 23, 2023
Alberta auditor general seeks reforms to how province manages oilpatch liabilities
EDMONTON - Alberta's system for managing environmental risks from old oilpatch facilities still hasn't spelled out how it will collect security to ensure cleanups and doesn't do enough to check that t...
Mar 23, 2023
B.C. salmon farm closure decision was necessary, says DFO amid court challenges
VICTORIA - The federal government is standing by its decision not to renew licences for 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms in British Columbia's Discovery Islands, despite recent court challenges. A st...
Mar 23, 2023
For Canada-U.S., close personal ties between leaders not necessary — but they help
WASHINGTON - Hollywood has Ben and Jennifer. Music fans have Beyonc and Jay-Z. But in Canadian politics right now, it's all about Justin and Joe. OK, so maybe Justin Trudeau and Joe Biden don't captur...
Mar 23, 2023
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