Tag Archives: Environment
Ottawa invokes 1977 pipeline treaty in separate Line 5 dispute, this one in Wisconsin
WASHINGTON - For the second time in a year, the federal government is invoking a little-known 1977 energy treaty between Canada and the United States in an effort to prevent a federal court from shutt...
Aug 29, 2022
Floods, drought, storms could cost Canada's economy $139 billion by 2050: report
OTTAWA - Floods, droughts and major storms that wash out highways, damage buildings and affect power grids could cost Canada's economy $139 billion over the next 30 years, a new climate-based analysis...
Aug 29, 2022
'From leaf to space': N.W.T. youth join NASA flight surveying climate change effects
YELLOWKNIFE - Two Northwest Territories youth joined NASA researchers aboard a Gulfstream III jet earlier this month as it soared above Great Slave Lake and parts of Nunavut and Alberta. "It was reall...
Aug 28, 2022
Banff National Park plan focuses on climate change, traffic, Indigenous relations
Canada's busiest national park aims to look for better ways to help visitors get around in the coming years as it works to address climate change and strengthen Indigenous relations. Those were among ...
Aug 27, 2022
Quebec government releases list of companies allowed to exceed pollution norms
MONTREAL - Quebec's Environment Department has released a list of eight companies that have the right to exceed provincial norms when it comes to water or air emissions. The list includes pulp and pap...
Aug 26, 2022
Solitary sunflower delights drivers
If you've driven north across the Diefenbaker Bridge in Prince Albert, chances are you've seen it.A solitary sunflower growing in the middle of the road, standing defiantly, inches away from the non-s...
Aug 26, 2022
Transit advocate says green hydrogen has been slow-moving for city bus projects
OTTAWA - The Canada-Germany hydrogen pact sends a positive signal about the future of the industry, but its short timeline seems "difficult" given how long it is taking to get smaller projects running...
Aug 25, 2022
Russian invasion of Ukraine forces Arctic defence back onto Canada's agenda
CAMBRIDGE BAY, Nunavut - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in this remote northern community on Thursday to attend the Canadian military's largest Arctic training exercise, in what many see as a c...
Aug 25, 2022
Feds try to prevent disclosure of 'sensitive' details in turbine court case
OTTAWA - The federal government is moving to shield "sensitive or potentially injurious information" from disclosure during a court challenge of its decision to return a turbine repaired in Montreal t...
Aug 24, 2022
N.W.T.'s 2022 wildfire season has nearly doubled five-year average for area burned
YELLOWKNIFE - The 2022 wildfire season in the Northwest Territories is shaping up to be one of the most severe in the past five years. "We're well on our way to doubling our five-year average for area...
Aug 24, 2022