Tag Archives: Environment
Plastics producers ask court to quash planned federal ban on single-use straws, cups
OTTAWA - More than two dozen plastic makers are asking the Federal Court to put an end to Ottawa's plan to ban several single-use plastic items but Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says he's con...
Aug 10, 2022
Commercial fishers and wild salmon advocates cheer large returns to B.C. waters
VICTORIA - The summer of 2022 is shaping up to be a bumper season for both pink and sockeye salmon in British Columbia rivers, with one veteran Indigenous fisherman reporting the biggest catches of so...
Aug 10, 2022
Searchers have been close but not successful in finding missing woman
The person picking mushrooms with missing White Fox resident Lois Chartrand was in contact by radio for a length of time but to no avail, said a close friend of Chartrand. Maureena Schreiner has been ...
Aug 09, 2022
Unpredictable winds make wildfires an erratic adversary: experts
Hot weather and dry conditions are the usual suspects in any wildfire season, but a complex interplay of topography and unpredictable winds can create particularly challenging adversaries for firefigh...
Aug 08, 2022
Search still on for missing mushroom picker
Police are still trying to find a woman missing north of Smeaton and are looking for help with the search. The RCMP are taking help from the public in the search but stress that it is important that v...
Aug 08, 2022
Bill with tax credits for 'North American' electric vehicles passes in U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON - The new plan to encourage Americans to buy more electric vehicles built in North America, instead of just the United States, has cleared its tallest hurdle. After a marathon voting sessio...
Aug 07, 2022
Heat warning still in place for large swaths of central and eastern Canada
Five provinces across central and eastern Canada continued to swelter in unseasonably hot conditions on Sunday, Environment Canada said as it extended a widespread heat warning into a second day. The ...
Aug 07, 2022
Ottawa to challenge lower but 'baseless' U.S. duties on softwood lumber, says Ng
WASHINGTON - Lower than expected U.S. penalties on softwood lumber exports from Canada are doing little to temper the dismay of the federal government in Ottawa. International Trade Minister Mary Ng i...
Aug 04, 2022
Tories, ambassador warn Canada is fuelling Putin's war machine by returning turbines
OTTAWA - The Liberal government faced accusations on Thursday of fuelling Vladimir Putin's war machine by returning pipeline equipment in Montreal for repairs to a Russian energy giant. Ukraine's amba...
Aug 04, 2022
B.C. firefighters deploy controlled burns to contain blaze in Okanagan
VANCOUVER - Crews were literally fighting fire with fire in the southern Okanagan as the BC Wildfire Service takes advantage of cooler weather to try to contain a blaze that has forced hundreds from t...
Aug 03, 2022