Tag Archives: Environment
Proposed cattle feedlot threatens popular but fragile Alberta lake, residents say
EDMONTON - Thousands of Alberta cottagers and homeowners are waiting anxiously to see if a provincial regulator will allow a large cattle feedlot to be developed near a popular and environmentally fra...
May 02, 2022
Quebec's wildlife protection agency neutralizes polar bear spotted in Gaspé region
MONTREAL - Quebec's wildlife protection agency says a polar bear that was spotted Saturday on the province's Gasp peninsula has been killed. Sylvain Marois, southeast district commander at the agency,...
May 01, 2022
Whiskey Business: Is Scotch The Future Of Fuel?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! You may not often hear the words drinking and driving paired in a positive light, but that could change soon enough as a Scottish biofuel company makes hea...
Apr 29, 2022
Village of Love warns of bear in town
Residents of Love, Sask. are being advised to be cautious as there has been several sightings of a bear in the community.Acting administrator Jordan Hamilton, said it was first seen right next to the ...
Apr 28, 2022
Indigenous leaders say safe drinking water settlement with federal gov't is unfair
OTTAWA - The federal government has set aside about $1.5 billion to compensate Indigenous people who have been without clean drinking water, the result of a class-action lawsuit initiated by First Nat...
Apr 28, 2022
Fraser Valley officials advocate for federal funding to upgrade dikes after floods
OTTAWA - The mayor of Abbotsford, B.C., says expecting local governments to shoulder the cost of infrastructure upgrades to protect their communities from flooding has been a "monumental mistake." Hen...
Apr 28, 2022
Feds enshrining right to healthy environment but no clarity on what that means
OTTAWA - More than five years after being told it should enshrine the right to a healthy environment in its environmental protection act, the federal government is moving to do it. But it wants anothe...
Apr 28, 2022
B.C. raises forest revenue sharing amounts for First Nations in reconciliation move
VICTORIA - First Nations in British Columbia will receive a $63 million increase in forestry income this year under the development of a new revenue-sharing model that Indigenous leaders say is an enc...
Apr 27, 2022
Curbing Canadian forest fires could be an affordable way to cut emissions: study
Better wildfire management in Canadian and Alaskan forests could offer a cost-effective way to limit greenhouse gas emissions, a new study says. Research published in the journal Science Advances on W...
Apr 27, 2022
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to visit counterpart Mary Ng in Ottawa
WASHINGTON - U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai will travel north of the border next week to meet with her Canadian counterpart, Mary Ng. Tai's office says the ambassador will hold two days of me...
Apr 27, 2022