Tag Archives: Environment
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
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