Tag Archives: Environment
Alberta First Nations want consultation, benefits from oilsands carbon storage plans
EDMONTON - Several Alberta First Nations have told the province's government and energy industry that they must be consulted and share in the benefits of carbon capture projects near their lands that ...
Jun 08, 2022
Big industry can lower carbon pricing costs as feds launch first offset credit market
OTTAWA - Canada's first federal carbon offset market kicked off Wednesday as the final piece of the puzzle in the carbon price for big industry takes shape. But the arrival of the new offset system wa...
Jun 08, 2022
Waskesiu photographer has close encounter of the bear kind
As a wildland firefighter and wildlife photographer, Curtis Matwishyn has met about 100 bears in the forest but none were as close an encounter as he had recently. Matwishyn was out for a drive near W...
Jun 07, 2022
Canada's historic sites get Indigenous voices, stronger protection in new bill
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says a new bill he introduced Tuesday gives legal protection to Canada's historic sites for the first time and ensures Indigenous Peoples have a stronge...
Jun 07, 2022
B.C. report calls for co-ordinated heat-alert system to prevent future deaths
VICTORIA - British Columbia is better prepared to withstand a hot weather emergency like that which caused more than 600 deaths last summer, but more must be done to protect people and communities, sa...
Jun 07, 2022
Trudeau, Anand meet with Norad commanders, U.S. defense secretary en route to L.A.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Defence Minister Anita Anand got a first-hand look Tuesday at North America's first line of continental defence, a system experts and politi...
Jun 07, 2022
B.C. launches heat alert and response system to help people, communities stay safe
VICTORIA - A two-stage heat response system will be introduced in British Columbia to help people and communities stay safe as temperatures rise and the threat of a deadly heat-related emergency incre...
Jun 06, 2022
McCafe fire remains imminent threat to Stanley Mission, residents on potential evacuation alert
The McCafe fire burning near Stanley Mission remains uncontained and residents have been given notice to pack clothing in the event of an evacuation. That's according to Lac La Ronge Indian Band Chief...
Jun 06, 2022
Ensure economic development serves all, Trudeau says amid Chile's mining reforms
OTTAWA - The world is changing and all governments must fight the climate crisis and ensure economic development benefits everyone, including Indigenous Peoples, Canada's prime minister said Monday as...
Jun 06, 2022
At this week's Summit of the Americas, Canada has stake in U.S. border challenges
WASHINGTON - If foreign policy was purely a matter of geography, one might assume Canada would be free to go check out the buffet at this week's Summit of the Americas once the discussion turns, as it...
Jun 06, 2022