Tag Archives: Environment
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
Tire residue chemical in rain runoff kills fish in urban streams, research finds
Residue from vehicle tires contains a chemical highly toxic to several important species of fish when it washes into streams, says new Canadian research. "It seems almost like the fish are suffocating...
Mar 16, 2022
Canada's new electric-vehicle registrations soar in 2021 but still lag behind Europe
OTTAWA - More new electric vehicles hit the road in Canada last year than ever before but the growth is nowhere near what is happening in Europe. Statistics Canada says 65,253 new battery-only and plu...
Mar 14, 2022
Regulator fines engineers 8 years after Mount Polley disaster in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Three engineers have been disciplined nearly eight years after one of Canada's worst mining catastrophes. Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia, a provincial regulatory and licensin...
Mar 13, 2022
Not achievable: Mining association objects to proposed federal coal effluent rules
Canada's mining industry is pushing back against proposed tougher federal coal effluent rules, saying the draft regulations aren't practical or backed by science. "We just do not see a path to achievi...
Mar 13, 2022
Ottawa urged to pause proposed B.C. port expansion, consider alternative plan
VANCOUVER - A plan to build a new shipping container terminal the size of nearly 144 football fields at a major Metro Vancouver port has sparked a rival proposal along with concerns for endangered orc...
Mar 13, 2022
Wilkinson expects plan for supplying some oil to Europe ready by March 23
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says it will be another week or two before Canada will know with certainty how much extra oil it can produce and ship to help offset bans on the ...
Mar 12, 2022
'They should apologize': Alberta premier files defence in defamation lawsuit
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney has filed his defence in a defamation lawsuit brought against him by environmental groups over his remarks on the release of an inquiry into supposed misinformation abo...
Mar 11, 2022
Tory MP says carbon-price rebate cheques could help ease pain of high gas prices
OTTAWA - New Brunswick Conservative MP John Williamson says his province should go back to using the federal carbon price because at least it comes with rebates that could ease the current pain of pri...
Mar 11, 2022
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