Tag Archives: Environment
Ribbon cutting ceremony held for new Tisdale off-leash dog park
The new off-leash dog park in Tisdale is now 100% complete.The town held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday to officially unveil the project.While the park has been open for a few months now, accor...
Sep 29, 2022
Arctic Ocean acidifying up to four times faster than any other sea on Earth
What may be the broadest and longest study to date has found Canada's Arctic Ocean is growing more acidic up to four times faster than any other sea on the planet. The acidification, linked to the los...
Sep 29, 2022
Some in P.E.I. and Nova Scotia won't get electricity back until next week: utilities
HALIFAX - It will be Sunday or Monday before all communities in Prince Edward Island are reconnected to the electricity grid - more than a week after post-tropical storm Fiona yanked down power lines ...
Sep 29, 2022
Supreme Court of Canada won't hear appeals in Alberta coal project case
OTTAWA - Canada's top court won't hear an appeal of a regulatory decision that blocked development of an open-pit coal mine in the Alberta Rockies. In a decision released Thursday, the Supreme Court t...
Sep 29, 2022
Foreign affairs minister returns to U.S. capital to talk Ukraine with Blinken
WASHINGTON - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is standing by NATO's description of gas pipeline leaks in the Baltic Sea as the product of a likely act of sabotage. Joly is in Washington, D.C., for...
Sep 29, 2022
Damages from spring derecho in Ontario, Quebec now top $1 billion
OTTAWA - Repair bills from the cluster of wind storms that pummeled southern Ontario and western Quebec in May are now over $1 billion, and with contractors stretched thin the recovery will last well ...
Sep 29, 2022
Vanity Cup returning for 29th year
For the 29th year in a row, a few hundred people will travel down to Nipawin to compete for hundreds of thousands of dollars.The annual Vanity Cup will take place this weekend, with the banquet return...
Sep 28, 2022
N.W.T. confirms first case of avian influenza in wild bird
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories has confirmed its first case of avian influenza in a wild bird found in Yellowknife. The territorial government said Wednesday that the herring gull was submitt...
Sep 28, 2022
Fiona fallout: Nova Scotia premier blasts cellphone companies' lack of co-operation
HALIFAX - The premier of Nova Scotia has issued a stinging rebuke to the telecommunications companies that serve the province, saying too many residents were still without cellphone service four days ...
Sep 28, 2022
Adapting to climate change faster will save Canada billions, new analysis says
OTTAWA - Canadians will see lower incomes and a choice between higher taxes or fewer government services if there isn't more effort to adapt to the changing climate, a new report from The Canadian Cli...
Sep 28, 2022