Tag Archives: Environment
B.C. flood survivor warns others to check insurance amid rising climate disasters
MERRITT, BRITISH COLUMBIA - A survivor of British Columbia's catastrophic floods last year is warning others to check their insurance policies after she said she received a payout of only $30,000 when...
Apr 15, 2022
Canada's emissions plummet during first year of COVID-19 pandemic
OTTAWA - Canada's greenhouse gas emissions plummeted to their lowest level in almost three decades in 2020 as pandemic restrictions kept cars off the road and grounded airplanes for months on end. But...
Apr 14, 2022
B.C. communities struck by wildfires and floods brace for spring thaw
MERRITT, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Alanna Cowan has watched the Nicola River in British Columbia's Interior turn the colour of chocolate milk and rise every spring, as warm weather melts snow from the surrou...
Apr 14, 2022
Biggest emitters paying smallest price on pollution, critics say
OTTAWA - Big industrial plants in provinces covered by the national carbon pricing system paid more than $161 million for their greenhouse gas emissions in 2019, but some critics say the system is des...
Apr 14, 2022
After the flood: First Nations along B.C.'s Highway 8 work on recovery
MERRITT, Wash. - Chief Arnie Lampreau of the Shackan Indian Band looks across the Nicola River that surged in November, pulling entire homes into its current and forcing residents to flee. Above its b...
Apr 13, 2022
Quebec premier warns Ottawa against unilateral action to protect province's caribou
QUEBEC - Ottawa is threatening to act unilaterally to protect caribou in Quebec, a move that Premier Franois Legault said Tuesday would be interference in an area of provincial jurisdiction. In an Apr...
Apr 12, 2022
B.C. mayors dealing with flooding and wildfire damage call on feds to deliver funds
VANCOUVER - British Columbia mayors whose communities were devastated by last year's flooding and wildfires want the federal government to deliver billions of dollars in promised funding as soon as po...
Apr 11, 2022
Trudeau wants more electric vehicles across Canada; does not rule out nuclear power
VICTORIA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he wants to make it easier for more Canadians to drive electric vehicles and he isn't ruling out nuclear power as a cleaner source of energy. Trudeau said...
Apr 11, 2022
Strain of bird flu found in Saskatchewan
A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been detected in Saskatchewan, prompting a warning to poultry producers in the province.The Ministry of Agriculture said Friday that producers wi...
Apr 08, 2022
Guilbeault asks Alberta minister Nixon to 'correct' column on emissions reduction
EDMONTON - Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has written a letter to his Alberta counterpart to correct what he calls errors in Jason Nixon's recent newspaper column. Earlier this week, a...
Apr 08, 2022