Tag Archives: Environment
Amid energy crisis, Ottawa urges Michigan to end crusade against Line 5 pipeline
WASHINGTON - The global energy crisis sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine is repressurizing North America's pipeline debate - and Canada's natural resources minister says it offers one more compel...
Mar 11, 2022
India and Canada agree to relaunch trade talks, seek 'early progress' agreement
International Trade Minister Mary Ng says Canada and India have agreed to resume long-standing efforts toward a comprehensive trade deal. Following meetings in New Delhi with her Indian counterpart, S...
Mar 11, 2022
Permanent daylight time shift remains on hold as clocks set to move ahead Sunday
VICTORIA - There is public support for a switch to permanent daylight time in British Columbia and Ontario, which have passed laws to allow the change, but the potential costs and risks of going it al...
Mar 11, 2022
District of Lakeland Councillor resigns
Citing a number of issues related to recent comments made by the Reeve, and stating they were false, a District of Lakeland Councillor has opted to resign.Treena Alpine's letter of notice was included...
Mar 10, 2022
Canada can help Europe turn to renewables instead of Russian oil: Guilbeault
OTTAWA - Canada cannot realistically help Europe replace its Russian oil imports with Canadian crude or natural gas, but it can and is looking at ways to export renewable energy like hydrogen, Environ...
Mar 09, 2022
Guilbeault touts coming green bond, as experts stress need to choose projects wisely
OTTAWA - Canada's environment minister says investors will soon get to purchase a new government bond aimed at financing green projects, which will be selected under guidelines that experts warn could...
Mar 09, 2022
Canada urged to help as millions face starvation due to Russian invasion of Ukraine
OTTAWA - The UN World Food Program has warned that millions of people in the developing world and conflict zones are on the brink of starvation following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, one of the world...
Mar 09, 2022
Biden's billion-dollar cleanup pledge puts Great Lakes back in environment limelight
WASHINGTON - Long before climate change seized the global conscience, when the environment struggled for political traction, North America's Great Lakes were a dumping ground - a toxic monument to ind...
Mar 09, 2022
Mountain goat population declining in British Columbia: study
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's central coast is losing an animal of significant cultural value to the region's Indigenous people as fewer mountain goats are seen in its craggy peaks, says a new study....
Mar 09, 2022
Winnipeg zoo giving COVID-19 vaccine to 55 animals including tigers and snow leopards
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg zoo is giving a COVID-19 vaccine to some of its animals that are considered to be at greater risk of contracting the virus. The Assiniboine Park Zoo says it has begun using a v...
Mar 08, 2022