Tag Archives: Environment
Climate Changed: First Nation balances Western science with traditional knowledge
STAND OFF, Alta. - The Prairie Blood coulee winds through a property on the Kainai Nation, also known as the Blood Tribe, in southern Alberta. On a warm fall day, about a dozen people haul willows, mu...
Oct 23, 2022
Nova Scotia's retirement home for captive whales facing obstacles, delays: documents
HALIFAX - An ambitious plan in Nova Scotia to build North America's first coastal refuge for captive whales is at least five years behind its original schedule, newly released documents show. The proj...
Oct 23, 2022
Disqualified NDP leadership hopeful calls on B.C. to declare climate emergency
VANCOUVER - The NDP leadership hopeful who was ousted from her chance to compete for British Columbia's top political job says she's ready to take up an invitation to work with the man who will become...
Oct 23, 2022
'It was a gut punch': Indigenous-led research station in N.W.T. damaged by wildfire
FORT SIMPSON, N.W.T. - A wildfire that almost destroyed an Indigenous-led research station in the Northwest Territories is expected to have far-reaching effects on environmental research and the commu...
Oct 22, 2022
Rescued eagle deemed healthy and released back into wild
An eagle rescued earlier this week in La Loche was released back into the wild after it was determined the bird had no visible injuries.La Loche fire chief Derek Herman was at the village's lagoon on ...
Oct 21, 2022
Drought, lack of rain and wildfires by the numbers in B.C.
VANCOUVER - British Columbia should be well into its rainy season, but hot and dry weather that lasted through most of October has created drought conditions. Here are some of the numbers connected wi...
Oct 21, 2022
At last, rain in Vancouver and elsewhere, but much more needed to break B.C. drought
VANCOUVER - The first showers since September began falling in parts of Metro Vancouver before dawn, but officials in many coastal communities doubt a series of incoming weather systems will relieve t...
Oct 21, 2022
Dispute over Nova Scotia land development can go to trial: Supreme Court of Canada
OTTAWA - A trial can proceed over whether Halifax Regional Municipality improperly used its regulatory powers to effectively seize land for use as a public park without compensation, the Supreme Court...
Oct 21, 2022
First Nations, environmentalists tired of government stonewalling over selenium probe
First Nations and environmentalists say they are angry the federal and British Columbia governments continue to stonewall American requests for a joint investigation of cross-border contamination from...
Oct 21, 2022
'Little window': Coal mine supporters hope for change under new Alberta premier
EDMONTON - Supporters of open-pit coal mining say there's a chance new mines could be built in Alberta's Rockies after comments from the province's new premier. "We're hoping with this little window w...
Oct 19, 2022