Tag Archives: Environment
Newfoundland's fishing towns were built to survive, but Fiona changed the game
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - For generations, Cory Munden's family has been building and living on the same piece of oceanside land in the southwestern Newfoundland town of Port aux Basques. The town is a forme...
Nov 17, 2022
Climate Changed: Limited transportation infrastructure facing threats in the North
YELLOWKNIFE - Andrew Arreak says travelling on the ice - the main highway in Canada's Arctic - provides access to the land and food, connects communities and is part of Inuit identity. But climate cha...
Nov 17, 2022
Federal ministers reject request by Nunavut iron mine to double production
POND INLET - Federal cabinet ministers have denied a request to expand an iron ore mine on the northern tip of Baffin Island. Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal issued a letter to the Nunavut Impact...
Nov 16, 2022
Trump, bruised by midterms, vows to bring down Biden in fresh bid for U.S. president
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump, the twice-impeached former U.S. president, tossed his red ball cap back into the ring Tuesday - an exercise some observers say is as much about judicial self-preservation as...
Nov 16, 2022
Melfort Fire Department hosting annual recruitment night
The Melfort Fire Department is trying to boost its membership numbers and is looking to do so through its annual fire recruitment night.The event takes place tonight at 7 p.m. (Tuesday, Nov. 15), at t...
Nov 15, 2022
Indigenous Services Canada failing First Nations in response to wildfires, floods: AG
OTTAWA - The federal government still hasn't provided First Nations with the support they need to respond to emergencies such as wildfires and floods despite warnings almost a decade ago, says a new r...
Nov 15, 2022
Canada launches group to lobby for more countries to use carbon pricing
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Canada is issuing a challenge to the rest of the world to expand the use of carbon pricing in the fight against greenhouse gas emissions. But his c...
Nov 15, 2022
Vancouver police identify suspects who poured maple syrup on Emily Carr painting
Vancouver police say they've identified the suspects who threw maple syrup on an Emily Carr painting and glued themselves to a wall at the Vancouver Art Gallery over the weekend. Sgt. Steve Addison sa...
Nov 14, 2022
Environment minister says emissions cap on oil and gas expected by end of 2023
OTTAWA - A cap on greenhouse gas emissions from Canada's oil and gas sector will be ready by the end of next year, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Monday. In an interview from Egypt, where...
Nov 14, 2022
B.C. flood recovery tempered by fears of new climate disasters looming on horizon
VICTORIA - When a dike was breached and floodwaters started to flow across British Columbia's Sumas Prairie a year ago, poultry farmer Corry Spitters said all he could do was let nature take its cours...
Nov 14, 2022