Tag Archives: Environment
90 scientists ask feds to protect carbon-rich old forests in upcoming climate plan
Days before the federal government is expected to explain how it will meet greenhouse gas targets, 90 prominent scientists have written a letter urging it to ensure that old-growth forests are a big p...
Mar 23, 2022
Federal carbon-price rebates to rise more than expected in Ontario and Manitoba
OTTAWA - The value of carbon-price rebate cheques from the federal government will jump more than 66 per cent in Ontario and Manitoba this year, to make up for too-small rebates the last two years. An...
Mar 23, 2022
Salt marsh option missing in plan to shield N.S.-N.B. land link from floods: experts
HALIFAX - An engineering study calling for higher dikes to safeguard the land link between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick should have also suggested creating natural buffers to absorb rising oceans, so...
Mar 23, 2022
Daughter-in-law died: Calgary man warns of rockfall on Trans-Canada Highway in B.C.
CALGARY - Alan Tennant and his wife, Rona, were driving on the Trans-Canada Highway through the Rocky Mountains earlier this month when the unthinkable happened. The two were on their way to Golden, B...
Mar 23, 2022
'Hoping for a timely and fair resolution,' White House says of CP Rail labour dispute
WASHINGTON - Canada's reputation as a reliable trading partner for the United States suffered another black eye Monday as Americans awoke to a new kink in the bilateral supply chain: a labour dispute ...
Mar 21, 2022
B.C. surf town cuts out plastic forks, knives in growing pollution prevention efforts
VICTORIA - A coastal British Columbia community known for seemingly endless beaches and rolling waves that call out to surfers has banned single-use plastic cutlery in a move to keep its ocean playgro...
Mar 20, 2022
Beaver Lake Cree Nation to prove anew it needs funding for suit against feds, Alberta
OTTAWA - An Alberta First Nation fighting what it calls overdevelopment of its traditional territory has been given a second chance to convince the courts that governments should advance money for its...
Mar 18, 2022
Dikes to protect N.S.-N.B. link from flooding expected to cost up to $300 million
HALIFAX - An engineering study says the cost of a decade-long project to save the land link between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick from climate-related flooding will range between $189 million and just...
Mar 18, 2022
Michigan wants 'to have its cake and eat it too' on Line 5: chambers of commerce
WASHINGTON - Business leaders from the United States and Canada are again wading into the fray over Line 5, accusing the state of Michigan of dragging its heels to ensure the controversial cross-borde...
Mar 17, 2022
B.C. premier raises concerns to Trudeau about jobs if fish farms close
VICTORIA - Any federal government plans to move away from open-net pen salmon farms in British Columbia should come with transition help for the industry and workers, says Premier John Horgan. A lette...
Mar 16, 2022