Tag Archives: Environment
Ottawa feared repeat of 2020 rail blockades before B.C. pipeline arrests last fall
Federal officials feared a repeat of the 2020 rail blockades one month before RCMP enforced an injunction last fall against protests that cut off access to a pipeline construction site in northern Bri...
Apr 21, 2022
Avian flu: Quebec duck farm says it has to kill 150,000 birds, lay off 300 staff
MONTREAL - A Quebec duck-farming operation says three of its facilities have been devastated by avian flu, forcing it to slaughter 150,000 birds and lay off nearly 300 employees. It will likely take s...
Apr 20, 2022
Climate change investments now reduce future costs, report finds
Spending money now to avoid the worst effects of climate change later will literally pay for itself, according to a new analysis. "Investing now can pay off later," said Sean Cleary, head of the Insti...
Apr 20, 2022
B.C. conservation group moves thousands of salmon that will produce millions of eggs
Tim Kulchyski says salmon used to be so plentiful off Vancouver Island that they would shake his Cowichan ancestors' dugout canoes as they collided in the waters of the Salish Sea. No longer. Pacific ...
Apr 20, 2022
Miner signs deal with Alberta on turning coal proposal to renewable energy project
One of the companies that had planned to build an open-pit coal mine in the Rocky Mountains has signed an agreement with an Alberta government agency to work toward converting the project to renewable...
Apr 19, 2022
Returning geese may get grumpier in nesting season
Winter may be lingering, but there are signs of spring slowly returning, and one of those is geese coming back from the south. As they get more common in populated areas, sometimes they can bump into ...
Apr 19, 2022
Region has growing network of EV charging options
The price of gas at the pumps is high and the federal government is looking to push vehicles into zero-emission status by 2035, so at least one local dealership is seeing a change in car buying. Peopl...
Apr 19, 2022
Albatross came back to Vancouver Island to feed over hundreds of generations: study
VANCOUVER - The short-tailed albatross were creatures of habit, according to a new study that found they returned to Vancouver Island to feed for generations over a 4,200-year period before being driv...
Apr 18, 2022
Ottawa's ultimatum to Quebec on caribou is a warning to other provinces, experts say
MONTREAL - Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault's ultimatum to the Quebec government on caribou protection is a sign Ottawa is losing patience with provinces that aren't upholding their resp...
Apr 17, 2022
More kimberlites marked for review at mine site
Exploration continues at the Fort la Corne diamond mine exploration site with several more kimberlites being found to have "significant potential to add to the FalCon Project". Star Diamond announced ...
Apr 15, 2022