Tag Archives: Environment
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
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