Tag Archives: Environment
Fall budget update promises tax credits for clean electricity and hydrogen production
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's fall economic update creates two new federal tax credits for clean technology and low-emitting hydrogen production, with the caveat that companies that pa...
Nov 03, 2022
Fertilizer greenhouse gas cuts may take longer than Ottawa wants, farm groups say
The goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from fertilizer use by 30 per cent kicked up more dust than a tractor on a grid road when it was first announced by the federal Liberal government last su...
Nov 03, 2022
Pristine alpine lake contaminated by dust from mountaintop coal mines, study shows
New Alberta government research has found windblown dust from mountaintop removal coal mines has polluted a pristine alpine lake to the point where its waters are as contaminated as lakes downwind fro...
Nov 03, 2022
Freeland's mini-budget forecasts first surplus on the horizon, but warns of recession
OTTAWA - A federal budgetary surplus is on the distant horizon for the first time since the Liberals came to power, but the rest of the fall fiscal update clouds that picture with the risk of recessio...
Nov 03, 2022
Kinistino gets recognized for 'Generous Involvement of Past & Present Residents'
The Town of Kinistino and the Kinistino Communities in Bloom recently participated in their first national competition, since 2019.The group participated in the Class of Champions (Small) category, ag...
Nov 02, 2022
Verdict reserved in illegal trapping case
A man accused of illegally trapping and snaring animals in an area northeast of Prince Albert, is now awaiting judgment.Lloyd Slonski's trial wrapped up Monday afternoon at Prince Albert Provincial Co...
Nov 01, 2022
'Money for free': Critics warn proposed Alberta well cleanup plan a royalty giveaway
EDMONTON - Critics fear Alberta's new United Conservative premier is preparing to bring in a program that would use billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded royalty breaks to subsidize energy companies ...
Oct 31, 2022
Climate Changed: Canada's health system isn't ready for new reality, say doctors
Montreal family doctor Claudel Ptrin-Desrosiers sees climate change as an all-encompassing "risk amplifier." She says it raises the potential for hazard across the board, from threatening the most bas...
Oct 30, 2022
Guilbeault slams oilpatch for raking in cash and sitting idle on climate action
OTTAWA - The federal environment minister is calling out Canada's oil companies for failing to put cash behind their promises to tackle climate change. Steven Guilbeault says the country's major oil p...
Oct 29, 2022
Explorer's cameras recovered after 85 years on Yukon glacier
KLUANE NATIONAL PARK AND RESERVE - A cache of equipment belonging to explorer Bradford Washburn, including three of his cameras, has been retrieved from a Yukon glacier after 85 years. Now conservatio...
Oct 28, 2022