Tag Archives: Environment

B.C. logging firm wants to avoid cutting old growth, but province said it must pay
A British Columbia company that wants to avoid logging sections of at-risk old growth was told by the Crown corporation that manages B.C.'s public forests to cut the trees down or pay to leave them st...
Mar 05, 2023

Canadian rover helping in global search for frozen water on dark side of the moon
EDMONTON - The Canadian lunar rover could soon help reveal the moon's dark side. The country's first moon rover is set to put the Canadian Space Agency at the forefront of space exploration, helping i...
Mar 04, 2023

N.W.T. says lack of notice on oilsands tailings spill goes against deal with Alberta
Alberta didn't live up to the terms of a deal it has with the Northwest Territories to inform it about threats to its shared watershed after two major oilsands tailings spills, the territory's environ...
Mar 03, 2023

Up to the gills in goldfish: Large invasive fish a problem in B.C. waters: expert
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Goldfish - some nearly as big as a football - are invading British Columbia's lakes and quickly spreading, putting native fish populations at risk, a researcher says. Brian Heise, an ...
Mar 03, 2023

Three men killed in southeast B.C. avalanche were from Germany: news agency
INVERMERE, B.C. - Three victims of a deadly avalanche in southeastern British Columbia have been identified as German citizens. The German news agency Deutsche Presse-Agentur says the mayor of the mun...
Mar 03, 2023

Alberta band chief angry over silence from Imperial Oil after oilsands tailings spill
A northern Alberta Indigenous leader has accused Imperial Oil Ltd. of a nine-month coverup over a massive release of toxic oilsands tailings on land near where his band harvests food. Chief Allan Adam...
Mar 02, 2023

Manitoba RCMP say 2 teenage girls died after being found in the cold on First Nation
ST. THERESA POINT, Man. - RCMP say two teenage girls died in the cold outside a home on a remote First Nation in Manitoba. Mounties were called after the 14-year-old girls were found Wednesday in St. ...
Mar 02, 2023

Bay du Nord not liable for end-use emissions, marine shipping, company lawyer says
OTTAWA - A Federal Court judge could determine whether oil and gas projects must be assesses for environmental impacts related to the shipping and end-use of their products, on top of those resulting ...
Mar 02, 2023

Climate activists splash Royal B.C. Museum's mammoth 'Woolly' with pink paint
VICTORIA - A centrepiece of the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria, Woolly the mammoth, was defaced with pink paint by protesters trying to draw attention to climate change. A statement issued by the new c...
Mar 01, 2023

Environment groups say Bay du Nord approval flawed, must be overturned
OTTAWA - The future of an offshore oil project in Newfoundland and Labrador is in question as environment and Indigenous groups ask a federal judge to tear up the approval that would allow the project...
Mar 01, 2023