Tag Archives: Environment
First Nations say Alberta's oilsands mine security reform unlikely to fix problems
EDMONTON - Alberta is preparing to change how it ensures oilsands companies are able to pay for the mammoth job of cleaning up their operations, but critics fear a year of consultations hasn't been en...
Jan 26, 2023
New high-efficiency diesel plant opens in N.W.T. community
UTSEL K'E - A new high-efficiency diesel power plant has opened in Lutsel K'e in the Northwest Territories. It's expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about 100 tonnes every year and allow fo...
Jan 25, 2023
Banff tourism report seeks fewer private vehicles, more public transit in park
BANFF, Alta. - Banff tourism officials have joined the call for better management of visitor traffic in the most heavily visited parts of the national park. In a document outlining its development pla...
Jan 25, 2023
Oilsands execs say they can't invest in decarbonization any faster, despite profits
OTTAWA - Oilsands executives insist they are all in on cutting emissions and will make big investments in green technology, but they maintain there isn't a place to invest that money yet. Many compani...
Jan 25, 2023
A timeline of the avalanche hazard in B.C., where five people are dead
VANCOUVER - Five people have been killed in British Columbia avalanches this month. Forecasters have compared this season's snowpack with the conditions of 2003, one of the worst years on record for f...
Jan 24, 2023
Fish sounds could help scientists understand their ocean world
Fish, it turns out, are a chatty lot. They communicate about everything from what area of the sea has the best food to where predators might be hiding and, of course, their desire for a mate. Now, res...
Jan 24, 2023
Nearly one-quarter of trails in southern B.C., Alberta unmapped and unmanaged: study
New research has spelled out for the first time the gap between official lists of trails in the southern Rockies and the number of trails there actually are, suggesting effects from the growing number...
Jan 24, 2023
Banff, Jasper, Yoho and Kootenay national parks to see infrastructure upgrades
BANFF, Alta. - Parks Canada has announced money to improve safety and experiences for visitors to four mountain national parks in Alberta and British Columbia. The $71 million in federal funding for B...
Jan 23, 2023
Abandoned mines among most expensive territorial contaminated sites
YELLOWKNIFE - Environmental advocates say costly cleanups of former non-renewable resource projects in the North show the need for better planning. Three of Canada's top five most expensive federal co...
Jan 22, 2023
Priciest territorial contaminated sites include abandoned mine, former town site
YELLOWKNIFE - Three of Canada's five most expensive federal contaminated sites are abandoned mines in the North. Former resource extraction projects are also among the most costly sites where the terr...
Jan 22, 2023