Tag Archives: Environment
Carbon pricing too hard on Indigenous groups, small biz, too weak on industry: audit
OTTAWA - Canada's carbon pricing system is disproportionately hard on Indigenous communities and small businesses and not hard enough on the biggest emitters, the federal environment commissioner said...
Apr 26, 2022
Jean Charest's climate plan: no to consumer carbon price, current emissions target
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Jean Charest is promising to repeal the Liberal government's consumer carbon price and eliminate the federal portion of the HST on low-carbon purchases. He a...
Apr 26, 2022
Fire bans issued by North Battleford, RM
Fire bans are being issued amid dry, windy conditions in the Battleford.The City of North Battleford began the week with that announcement, noting the increased risk.The City of North Battleford has b...
Apr 25, 2022
CFIA reports more cases of bird flu in Saskatchewan
Bird flu continues to spread in Saskatchewan.The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was reported Sunday in a poultry flock in the Rural Municipality o...
Apr 25, 2022
Flooding on Lac La Ronge not expected this summer as dam work continues
The large volume of snow that fell in the Lac La Ronge region isn't expected to lead to flooding as it did in the summer of 2020. That's according to information provided to La Ronge council by the Wa...
Apr 25, 2022
B.C. man says old-growth protests escalating after brief hospitalization
NANAIMO, B.C. - A British Columbia man says he was briefly hospitalized on the 24th day of a hunger strike to protest old-growth logging but plans to go without food until the end of the month before ...
Apr 24, 2022
Stoney Nakoda Nation says traditional knowledge key to success for Banff bison
An Indigenous-led report says relying on traditional knowledge could help to ensure the success of bison that have been reintroduced in Banff National Park. In 2017, Parks Canada released 16 bison in ...
Apr 24, 2022
B.C. man wanting public meeting has 'death-watch monitors' on Day 23 of hunger strike
NANAIMO, B.C. - A 68-year-old activist says "death-watch monitors" were ensuring his safety on the 23rd day of a hunger strike over old-growth logging practices in British Columbia. Howard Breen said ...
Apr 23, 2022
First Nations students clean up P.A. for Earth Day
Dozens of students and their families commemorated Earth Day by cleaning up some areas of Prince Albert.The First Nations University of Canada Students' Association took part in the cleanup, picking u...
Apr 22, 2022
Three Canadian companies win $1-million awards each for carbon removal technology
VANCOUVER - Three Canadian companies with carbon capture technologies have won $1 million each from entrepreneur Elon Musk's foundation. The University of British Columbia says in a news release that ...
Apr 22, 2022