Tag Archives: Environment
Methane emissions underestimated, a growing number of reports suggest
As the federal government moves to tighten regulations on methane emissions, new assessments suggest the amount of the potent greenhouse gas escaping into the atmosphere has been significantly underes...
Nov 14, 2022
'Big message': Northern delegates bring Indigenous, youth perspective to COP27
YELLOWKNIFE - Carissa Waugh says her family hasn't been able to set up their fish nets like they used to due to declining salmon numbers in Yukon. "With that we are losing our connection to our cultur...
Nov 13, 2022
Environmental group takes federal government to court over piping plover habitat
Environmental advocates are taking the federal government to court over new rules to protect the habitat of an endangered shorebird species known as the piping plover. Ecojustice Canada, representing ...
Nov 13, 2022
Voting begins for Green leadership as candidates look to revitalize embattled party
OTTAWA - After a disappointing federal election result last year, a series of public scandals over internal conflicts and continued a downward trend in fundraising, the federal Green Party is getting ...
Nov 12, 2022
Remnants of hurricane Nicole bring heavy rain to southern Quebec and Atlantic region
MONTREAL - The remnants of hurricane Nicole dumped heavy rainfall across much of southern Quebec and Atlantic Canada on Saturday. Almost 13,000 homes and businesses in Nova Scotia were without electri...
Nov 12, 2022
Banff National Park considers next steps for bison herd reintroduced into backcountry
BANFF, Alta. - Parks Canada officials are trying to determine what's next for a herd of plains bisonin Banff National Park after a draft report shows its reintroduction in the park's backcountry has b...
Nov 11, 2022
Guilbeault optimistic about targets even as Canada's emissions rebound post-pandemic
OTTAWA - Canada's carbon dioxide emissions crept back up in 2021 after falling sharply during the first year of COVID-19, and experts believe they will go up even further this year as the return to no...
Nov 11, 2022
Cleanup of former gold mine in Northwest Territories to cost more than $4 billion
YELLOWKNIFE - Cleanup of one of the most contaminated sites in Canada is estimated to cost taxpayers more than four times what was initially expected. The Treasury Board of Canada recently approved a ...
Nov 10, 2022
Meadow Lake student chosen to represent North America at a conference in Egypt
A Grade 12 student from Carpenter High School in Meadow Lake is currently in Egypt representing North American youth at an International Conference.Sean Bernard was selected to attend the United Natio...
Nov 10, 2022
Repair of Abbotsford dike breached in 2021 B.C. flood to finish this month: minister
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - B.C. Emergency Preparedness Minister Mike Farnworth says permanent repairs to a dike in Abbotsford that was breached by a swollen river during last year's catastrophic floods are ex...
Nov 10, 2022