Tag Archives: Environment
Relationship between nature, people is damaged and poses danger, UN leaders say
OTTAWA - Wide-scale destruction of nature is raising the risk of future pandemics and is making climate change worse, the heads of the United Nations biodiversity office cautioned Thursday. Their warn...
Nov 10, 2022
Green party leadership candidates debate ahead of vote, respond to party disarray
OTTAWA - Candidates vying to helm the federal Green party offered their visions for its future and their explanations for its disarray during a leadership debate Wednesday night. Outside perceptions o...
Nov 09, 2022
Highway swept away in 2021 floods reopens between Merritt and Spences Bridge, B.C.
VICTORIA - A highway that washed out in more than two dozen places has reopened to the public a year after a series of atmospheric rivers stalled over southern British Columbia. Transportation Ministe...
Nov 09, 2022
Montreal unveils pollinator plan ahead of UN biodiversity conference
Montreal is promising more green space, less grass mowing and more bee-and-butterfly-friendly gardens as part of a multi-year plan to help pollinators, as the city prepares to host a major UN biodiver...
Nov 09, 2022
U.S. voters give Biden's Democrats new life — and a credible challenge for Trump
WASHINGTON - Call it a November surprise. Democrats were basking in a midterm defeat that felt like a big win Wednesday after an electoral all-nighter that remained on track to buck the modern-day U.S...
Nov 09, 2022
B.C. agriculture minister says sector is recovering well on flooding anniversary
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Many British Columbia farmers had "an emotional year" as they worked to recover from catastrophic flooding last November, the province's agriculture minister says. Lana Popham said ...
Nov 08, 2022
New Alberta energy minister to keep coal moratorium, considers well cleanup breaks
EDMONTON - Alberta's new energy minister has promised to maintain an order protecting the Rocky Mountains in the province from coal development, for now. However, Peter Guthrie says his department is ...
Nov 08, 2022
Prince Albert residents adjust to early winter delivery
Prince Albert residents may feel they have a bone to pick with Mother Nature.Since Sunday, the City has, according to Environment Canada, received 22cm. of snow. Walkways and sidewalks that were fresh...
Nov 08, 2022
Parliamentary budget officer says climate change already costing economy billions
OTTAWA - The effects of climate change bit a $20-billion hole out of Canada's economy last year, parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux said Tuesday. His office issued a new analysis looking at the ...
Nov 08, 2022
Democrat or Republican, Canada will work with Congress after midterms: Trudeau
WASHINGTON - Gretchen Whitmer, the Michigan governor and Joe Biden ally behind the effort to shut down Canada's cross-border Line 5 pipeline, was re-elected Tuesday in midterm elections that showcased...
Nov 08, 2022