Tag Archives: Environment
Strong winds leave thousands without power in Central Canada, Maritimes
MONTREAL - Strong winds put electrical grids to the test across Central Canada and the Maritimes on Tuesday, with Quebec particularly hard hit by the massive gusts. At their peak, the outages affected...
Mar 17, 2026
A heat wave with triple-digit temps is altering the MLB Cactus League schedule
PHOENIX (AP) - Bringing the heat in spring training is supposed to be about hard-throwing pitchers, not triple-digit temperatures like those that will impact Major League Baseball spring training game...
Mar 16, 2026
A heat wave with triple-digit temps is altering the MLB Cactus League schedule
PHOENIX (AP) - Bringing the heat in spring training is supposed to be about hard-throwing pitchers, not triple-digit temperatures like those that will impact Major League Baseball spring training game...
Mar 16, 2026
Nature groups warn federal funding cuts endangering efforts to protect land, water
OTTAWA - Some of Canada's most prominent conservation groups say Ottawa is putting at risk its goals to protect nearly one-third of Canada's land and waterways, with tens of millions of dollars in fed...
Mar 16, 2026
Quebec's Abitibi region buried by March storm estimated to bring up to 50 cm of snow
MONTREAL - A March storm forecast to bring up to 50 centimetres of snow and freezing rain to Quebec's Abitibi-Tmiscamingue region closed schools and suspended municipal services on Monday. The city of...
Mar 16, 2026
Environment committee engaging in 'junior high behaviour': former climate advisers
OTTAWA - Two former advisers on Ottawa's climate policies say recent antics by parliamentarians at the House of Commons environment committee demonstrate why they resigned from Canada's independent ne...
Mar 13, 2026
B.C. appointed them to map old-growth. Now they say province is failing to save it
Every member of a former panel the British Columbia government appointed to identify old-growth for potential protection in 2021 now says they're concerned about continued logging in those same rare a...
Mar 13, 2026
What will the carbon price cost the oilsands? A Timbit per barrel, one analysis says
The industrial carbon price will cost Alberta's oilsands producers on average the equivalent of about a Timbit per barrel of oil, according to a climate think tank's new analysis intended to serve as ...
Mar 12, 2026
About 8,300 customers still without power in Quebec after ice storm
MONTREAL - Quebec's hydro utility was working to re-establish power for tens of thousands of customers on Thursday after an ice storm descended over the province's south, knocking down branches and tu...
Mar 12, 2026
Carney travelling to Yellowknife, Norway for defence-focused northern trip
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is again heading overseas, this time to Norway to observe NATO Cold Response exercises as Canada deepens ties with Nordic countries. He first stopped in Yellowknife...
Mar 12, 2026