Tag Archives: Environment
Canada Post says it will have a fully electric fleet by 2040
OTTAWA - Canada Post says it will transform its fleet of vehicles to be fully electric by 2040, spelling out details Thursday on steps it will take to achieve its target. The Crown corporation said th...
Jun 09, 2022
Cumberland House to celebrate Delta Day
With fried fish and bannock on the menu, it's hard to go wrong with any event.Add saving the Saskatchewan River Delta and it just gets better. Cumberland House will celebrate a year of effort in savin...
Jun 09, 2022
Study casts doubt on corporate contributions to fight against climate change
Companies touting their use of renewable energy may be overstating their contributions to the fight against climate change, new research suggests. "There's a big role for scrutiny of companies' claims...
Jun 09, 2022
Canada, California to partner on climate action and nature protection
LOS ANGELES - Canada and California are kindred progressive spirits on climate change, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday as he and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled a new blueprint for working toge...
Jun 09, 2022
Island nations facing 'triple crisis,' Barbados PM says during meeting with Trudeau
LOS ANGELES - The prime minister of Barbados evoked a Jamaican reggae legend Wednesday as she described in stark terms the "triple crisis" in her region that's threatening the health and welfare of th...
Jun 08, 2022
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