Tag Archives: Environment

'Wow factor': Public website reveals best-yet picture of hundreds of bird migrations
The piercing yellow eyes and deadly hunting skills of the snowy owl awe bird-lovers in the U.S. Midwest every winter. Now, thanks to what has been heralded as the most comprehensive summary of migrati...
Sep 15, 2022

Coalition on climate adaptation says Canada needs hard targets on disaster resilience
OTTAWA - A broad coalition on climate adaptation and disaster resilience says air conditioning should become a human right on par with winter heating - one of a series of hard targets it says Canada n...
Sep 12, 2022

River mystery: what is killing the giant sturgeon of B.C.'s Nechako River?
VANCOUVER - Fisheries scientists in British Columbia have recovered the bodies, but have few other clues and no prime suspect. So what is killing the giant sturgeon of the Nechako River? Government sc...
Sep 11, 2022

Scott Woods back on the road and returning to Melfort
Scott Woods, a multi-talented entertainer and musician, is back on the road with his brand new show 'Old Fashioned Hoedown'.Known as 'The Fergus Fiddler' and even as 'The Flippin' Fiddler', Scott Wood...
Sep 09, 2022

Stellar sea lion pup in Vancouver aids research to rebuild species in Alaska
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Aquarium says one of its Stellar sea lions has given birth to a healthy pup. A statement from the aquarium says the birth occurred recently and the male pup, named Natoa, and...
Sep 09, 2022

Wisconsin judge rules against Enbridge on Line 5, but stops short of shutdown
WASHINGTON - The Line 5 pipeline has won a stay of execution in Wisconsin, where a federal judge sided with an Indigenous group's complaint but stopped short of ordering the controversial cross-border...
Sep 08, 2022

Michigan signals intent to appeal decision keeping Line 5 dispute in federal court
WASHINGTON - Michigan's chief law enforcement officer isn't quite ready to give up on getting the dispute over the cross-border Line 5 pipeline remanded back to state court. Attorney General Dana Ness...
Sep 06, 2022

Iqaluit water issues a matter of Arctic security, Nunavut MP Lori Idlout says
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's capital was able to avert a water-shortage crisis last week, but the member of Parliament for the territory says infrastructure in the North is an issue of Arctic security...
Sep 05, 2022

Fossil found on P.E.I. older than first dinosaur to have walked the Earth
Lisa Cormier was walking her dog down a familiar path on the beach at Cape Egmont, P.E.I., last month looking for sea glass when she spotted what looked like intertwined branches. A closer look reveal...
Sep 05, 2022

'Beautiful, one-of-a-kind cities are under water:' Floods in Pakistan worry Canadians
Hours after returning to Canada from Pakistan, a Calgary businessman said he got word floodwaters hit the same area where he had been helping people with disabilities move out of the way of the impend...
Sep 03, 2022