Tag Archives: Environment
Climate Changed: Rising oceans, storm surges 'disaster in slow motion' for coasts
Tides are rising, sands are shifting and coastlines are crumbling. As studies warn of rising seas and accelerated erosion resulting from climate change, coastal communities in Canada are wondering wha...
Nov 20, 2022
Elizabeth May elected Green leader again, to share burden with Jonathan Pedneault
OTTAWA - After a disappointing federal election result, internal conflicts spilling into the open and a downward trend in fundraising, the federal Green Party nameda familiar faceas its leader Saturda...
Nov 19, 2022
Feds announce another $1.2 billion for ocean cleanup and protection
VANCOUVER - The federal government has announced an investment of another $1.2 billion in its Ocean Protection Plan for 29 projects involving ocean safety, science and environmental safeguards. Federa...
Nov 18, 2022
China, Saudi Arabia must be part of new fund for climate loss and damage: Guilbeault
OTTAWA - All big emitters - including China - must contribute to a new global fund to compensate developing countries for the losses and damages they incur from climate change, Environment Minister St...
Nov 18, 2022
Canadian Armed Forces to enhance engagement with Indo-Pacific, Trudeau says
BANGKOK - The Liberal government's long-promised Indo-Pacific strategy will include new investments to strengthen the role the Canadian Armed Forces plays in the region, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ...
Nov 18, 2022
Province reminding the public to stay off the ice until it is safe
The Water Security Agency is reminding people to stay off the ice until it is thick enough to go on to walk, snowmobile, or drive.In a media release, the minister responsible for the Water Security Ag...
Nov 17, 2022
Canada won't back call at COP27 to 'phase down' oil and gas production
OTTAWA - Canada won't agree to add language calling for the phaseout of all fossil fuels - including oil and gas - to the final agreement at this year's United Nations climate talks in Egypt, Environm...
Nov 17, 2022
'Exciting time': Nunavut's historic land use plan heads into final public hearings
IQALUIT, Nunavut - One of the final steps in a 15-year-long process to formally guide how, where and when land and water can be used in Nunavut is underway, with the last in a series of public hearing...
Nov 17, 2022
Brigitte Bardot pens letter to mayor of Montreal suburb condemning proposed deer cull
MONTREAL - French activist and former actress Brigitte Bardot is condemning a Montreal suburb's controversial plan to kill most of the deer living in a local park. Bardot published a letter on her fou...
Nov 17, 2022
Canada falling behind as electric-vehicle sales pick up around the world
OTTAWA - Electric-vehicle sales in Canada grew by more than one third in the first half of this year but they are not keeping pace with the rest of the world. A report on global EV sales released by r...
Nov 17, 2022