Tag Archives: Environment
Judge sides with Enbridge Inc. in Michigan's latest effort to halt Line 5 pipeline
WASHINGTON - The international dispute over Line 5 belongs in federal court, a Michigan judge declared Thursday, dealing a critical blow to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's bid to shut down the controversial c...
Aug 18, 2022
Western Quebec smelter will reduce arsenic emissions to five times provincial norm
MONTREAL - Arsenic emissions at a western Quebec copper smelter will be reduced to five times the provincial norm by 2017 at a cost of around $500 million, the plant's owner said Thursday. Glencore, t...
Aug 18, 2022
All evacuation orders rescinded for Keremeos Creek wildfire near Penticton, B.C.
PENTICTON, B.C. - Local authorities in British Columbia's Okanagan region say all evacuation orders around the so-called Keremeos Creek wildfire near Penticton have been rescinded. Erick Thompson, an ...
Aug 17, 2022
Releasing oilsands tailings into river is only one among several options: Guilbeault
Releasing treated oilsands tailings into the environment isn't the only solution being considered to clean up the massive toxic ponds in northern Alberta, federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeaul...
Aug 17, 2022
UNESCO team in Alberta to judge if Wood Buffalo Park should go on endangered list
EDMONTON - A United Nations body that monitors some of the world's greatest natural glories is in Canada again to assess government responses to ongoing threats to the country's largest national park,...
Aug 17, 2022
Melfort to host first-ever Household Hazardous Waste Collection day
The City of Melfort has decided to hold a hazardous waste collection day in the Northern Lights Palace parking lot.The event will mark the first-ever event the city has hosted, taking place this Satur...
Aug 16, 2022
Green Canadian hydrogen not an immediate solution to Germany's energy worries
OTTAWA - Some energy experts warn a deal to sell Canadian hydrogen to Germany will serve as only a small, far-off and expensive part of the solution to Europe's energy crisis. German Chancellor Olaf S...
Aug 16, 2022
Quebec allows copper smelter in northwest to emit arsenic levels five times norm
MONTREAL - A copper smelter in northwest Quebec will be permitted to release 15 nanograms of arsenic per cubic metre of air - five times the provincial norm - Quebec's environment minister said Monday...
Aug 15, 2022
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz coming to Canada to meet with Trudeau, business leaders
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will accompany the chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz, on a brief Canadian visit later this month that will include stops in Montral, Toronto and Stephenville in...
Aug 13, 2022
City of Iqaluit declares emergency due to water shortage
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The City of Iqaluit declared a state of emergency Friday due to a water shortage. The Nunavut capital said there has been a lack of precipitation this summer and flows in the Apex R...
Aug 12, 2022