Tag Archives: Environment
Drought prompts request for Metro Vancouver residents to take shorter showers
VANCOUVER - Water use in Metro Vancouver is much higher, while reservoir levels are lower than normal, prompting the regional district to ask millions of residents and businesses to conserve. A statem...
Oct 13, 2022
Climate change fears high across Canada but vary by region, new poll suggests
OTTAWA - Most Canadians are worried about climate change and believe it is caused by humans, but the regional differences in how people responded to that question show the political battles over the e...
Oct 13, 2022
Climate Changed: Ontario wine producers seek solutions to extreme weather threats
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont. - One extremely cold day last winter was all it took to cause widespread damage to Bill Redelmeier's wine crops. Months later, the destruction was in full sight at Southbrook...
Oct 13, 2022
Drought and moths push the trees of Vancouver's Stanley Park to the brink
VANCOUVER - First came the moths. Then came the drought. The trees of Stanley Park, typically the green jewel of Vancouver's downtown core, just can't catch a break. Experts say large numbers of brown...
Oct 13, 2022
Council discusses increasing security, tree thinning for treed municipal land
The possibility of increased security and tree thinning for a section of municipal land deemed unsafe was discussed by La Ronge council at a regular meeting Tuesday.Mayor Joe Hordyski, as well as coun...
Oct 12, 2022
Invasion of the stink bugs: Pest thrives in British Columbia's warm October
VANCOUVER - An aromatic insect shaped like a shield is lurking around homes and feasting on stone fruits in parts of southern British Columbia. The brown marmorated stink bug, an invasive species in C...
Oct 12, 2022
Hurricane hunter who flew into the eye of Fiona describes 'very challenging' storm
FREDERICTON - Kevin Doremus says the eyes of hurricanes, including Fiona - a storm that barrelled into Atlantic Canada last month causing widespread damage - look like open-air domes, similar to sport...
Oct 12, 2022
Historic drought behind B.C. wildfires, salmon die-off could continue, experts say
VANCOUVER - Thousands of dead fish, a prolonged wildfire season and intense water shortages leading to ice rink closures are all symptoms of record-setting drought in parts of British Columbia. The Lo...
Oct 09, 2022
Climate Changed: Communities on edge of catastrophe face choice of fight or flight
VANCOUVER - The idea of relocating his community isn't one that Arnie Lampreau of the Shackan Indian Band in British Columbia's Nicola Valley thought he'd be considering when he was elected chief earl...
Oct 09, 2022
Climate Changed: Catastrophe experts say retreat from flood risk is 'critical option'
VANCOUVER - All climate disasters are not created equal and the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction recommends retreat in the face of only one type of threat. "In our opinion, retreat is not an ...
Oct 09, 2022