Tag Archives: Environment
B.C. scientists see recovery but fear more heat domes could change ecosystems forever
VANCOUVER - A year after the heat dome event that killed billions of plants and animals in British Columbia, scientists say ecosystems are recovering, but could be transformed forever if such events b...
Jun 27, 2022
Quebec homeowners say Ottawa must address decades of erosion caused by ship traffic
VERCHRES, Que. - Every year, 100-year-old Anglique Beauchemin watches more of her land crumble into the St. Lawrence River. From her home along a busy stretch of river in Verchres, Que., on Montreal's...
Jun 26, 2022
Policy revamp might save lives in next heat dome, but so could community, say experts
VICTORIA - She died in the arms of firefighters. The 96-year-old woman now lingers in the memory of Chief Jim Ogloff of the Coquitlam Fire Department, a reminder of the impact of last summer's heat do...
Jun 26, 2022
Canada pledges funds as G7 develops response to famine fallout from Russian invasion
SCHLOSS ELMAU, GERMANY - Canada pledged $50 million to prevent Ukrainian grain from going to waste on Sunday as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau committed to work with G7 nations on further measures to h...
Jun 26, 2022
Indigenous conservation Canada's way of the future, Guilbeault says
Tanya Ball began her career as a social worker for the Kaska Dene First Nation. Now she runs a land guardian program, working to monitor and protect a vast stretch of the band's northern British Colum...
Jun 25, 2022
Experts caution against becoming 'air-conditioned society' as heat waves get hotter
Hundreds of people who perished during the historic heat wave in British Columbia last summer died in homes ill-suited for temperatures that spiked into the high 30s and beyond for days,a report by B....
Jun 25, 2022
A timeline of B.C.'s record-setting extreme heat event in June 2021
Environment Canada heat warnings covered most of British Columbia one year ago as a so-called heat dome settled in and became deadly. The weather office described the heat dome as a strong ridge of hi...
Jun 24, 2022
Jane Goodall returns to live events in effort to inspire hope, action on environment
CALGARY - Jane Goodall says she's sharing a message of hope and a cry to action as she returns to the stage for live events. The scientist, who's best known for her work with wild chimpanzees in Afric...
Jun 24, 2022
Trial by fire continues for Lytton, B.C., its residents in limbo, buildings in ruins
LYTTON, B.C. - Denise O'Connor stands on the sidewalk outside her home of 32 years - only the home is gone and so is most of her village and she doesn't live there anymore. "I had a wooden picket fenc...
Jun 24, 2022
LLRIB developing Environmental Management Plan
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) is encouraging members to provide feedback in regards to an Environmental Management Plan. According to a public announcement, the Lands and Resources department i...
Jun 23, 2022