Tag Archives: Environment
Humboldt Urban Garden Sanctuary receives national award
The Canadian Nursery Landscape Association has awarded the Humboldt Urban Garden Sanctuary (HUGS) with the Green for Life Community award.Project designer Leslie Cornell received the nationally recogn...
Sep 22, 2022
Poaching fears as Fraser River salmon are dumped to rot, even as returns slump
VANCOUVER - Rodney Hsu says he has found too many Fraser River sockeye in places they aren't supposed to be this season - from residential areas to gravel roads, wrapped up in garbage bags and rotting...
Sep 22, 2022
NB Power 'paternalistic,' not negotiating fairly on dam project: Wolastoqey Nation
FREDERICTON - The Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick says negotiations with the province's energy utility have broken down regarding a multibillion-dollar plan to upgrade the Mactaquac dam and generat...
Sep 21, 2022
Escalation of war, nuclear threats show Putin 'failing and flailing,' says Trudeau
UNITED NATIONS - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned Russia's "flailing and failing" president Wednesday, joining a chorus of global outrage aimed at what he described as Vladimir Putin's panic-st...
Sep 21, 2022
Strathcona announces acquisition of Serafina, potential plans for expansion
Strathcona Resources Ltd. announced its growth into Saskatchewan during a press conference with Premier Scott Moe in North Battleford . The company said it recently acquired Serafina Energy Ltd. and i...
Sep 20, 2022
Lobster and crab harvesters push back against 'red list' meant to help right whales
It is disappointing that crustaceans have been added to a so-called "red list" of seafood to avoid as a way of protecting endangered whales, Canadian lobster and crab harvesters said Tuesday. A recent...
Sep 20, 2022
As UN confronts 'cascade of crises,' Trudeau focused on global growth, food security
UNITED NATIONS - In a time of crisis, the planet is gridlocked by "colossal global dysfunction," the head of the United Nations said Tuesday as he urged leaders to come together in a collective effort...
Sep 20, 2022
Restoring the culinary and cultural bounty of ancient Indigenous sea gardens in B.C.
SALT SPRING ISLAND, B.C. - A family of sea otters emerges from the ocean and rambles up the rocky shoreline, while a great blue heron in search of a meal pokes at a wall of rocks. Fountains of water s...
Sep 18, 2022
Sperm whales' clicking dialects are evidence of 'non-human culture', say scientists
VANCOUVER - In the dark depths of the Pacific Ocean, there are a lot of conversations going on. Click-click-click-click-click. That's the sound of a sperm whale. Click-click-click-click, pause, click....
Sep 16, 2022
La Ronge council handed master plan covering parks and trails for next 20 years
La Ronge council was presented with a plan at a regular meeting this week which included a long-term strategic framework to guide decision-making on the development, management, and investment in park...
Sep 15, 2022