Tag Archives: Environment
Last summer's B.C., Alberta heat wave was among most extreme since 1960s, study shows
The record-breaking heat wave that scorched western North America last June was among the most extreme ever recorded globally, new modelling and analysis by researchers at universities in the United K...
May 04, 2022
MLA wants more public comment on feedlot plan near popular Alberta recreational lake
The Alberta government must seek more public comment on a plan to build a cattle feedlot near a popular recreational lake or risk damaging public trust in how the industry is monitored, says an Opposi...
May 04, 2022
Highway blockades over old-growth logging aimed at forcing a dialogue, activists say
VANCOUVER - The activists behind road blockades and hunger strikes calling for an end to old-growth logging in British Columbia say their non-violent actions are aimed at sparking public discussion an...
May 03, 2022
Polar bear experts say killing animal in Quebec was necessary, standard practice
MONTREAL - It was necessary to shoot dead instead of relocate a polar bear found wandering on Quebec's Gasp peninsula over the weekend, wildlife experts said Monday. Government officials didn't have t...
May 02, 2022
Electric retooling at Stellantis plants part of $16-billion auto sector overhaul
OTTAWA - It has been an electric spring for Canada's automakers with more than $13 billion promised in just eight weeks to build the needed battery supply chains and shift production from combustion-e...
May 02, 2022
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