Tag Archives: Environment
MLA wants province to work with rural residents, farmers when fires threaten
With the very real threat of the Cloverdale forest fire that burned 5,583 hectares of land near Prince Albert a not-too-distant memory, one MLA is hoping the province will find a new way to work with ...
Feb 24, 2022
District of Lakeland exploring options to protect lakes and shore lines
Citing a need to respond to ratepayer concerns regarding water quality, the District of Lakeland Council is being asked to vote on a new Environmental Stewardship Bylaw.The bylaw was introduced by fir...
Feb 24, 2022
Budget funding for BC Wildfire Service garners mixed reaction from experts
VANCOUVER - A fire ecologist says new provincial funding to expand the BC Wildfire Service to a year-round endeavour is a welcome step toward preventing disasters, while others in the field say the fu...
Feb 23, 2022
Biden putting 'Buy American' frame around critical minerals development efforts
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is once again draping the union-friendly, red, white and blue bunting of his Buy American philosophy over a key component of his administrative agenda - one in which C...
Feb 22, 2022
B.C. budget includes $2.1B in disaster relief; $5.5B deficit for next fiscal year
VICTORIA - British Columbia has earmarked $2.1 billion to fund disaster recovery efforts and future response to the threats posed by wildfires, floods and heat waves in a budget that forecasts a $5.5-...
Feb 22, 2022
Rays of hope emerge in rebuild of Lytton, B.C., months after wildfire destruction
Denise O'Connor is back in Lytton, B.C., living in the home where she spent her childhood years. But it's not where she was living last summer when a wildfire swept through the Fraser Canyon village a...
Feb 18, 2022
Onion Lake Cree Nation calls for repeal of trespass amendments
Onion Lake Cree Nation (OLCN) is calling on the Government of Saskatchewan to immediately repeal recent amendments to the Trespass to Property Act.The legislation in question came into force on Jan. 1...
Feb 17, 2022
Canada has existing options if Line 5 shuts down, environmental report argues
WASHINGTON - Viable alternatives to Line 5 already exist if the controversial cross-border pipeline gets shut down, says a new report from an Canadian environmental group looking to bridge the ideolog...
Feb 16, 2022
Pacific Salmon Treaty failing to address harvest of struggling B.C. stocks: advocates
VANCOUVER - Significant numbers of salmon returning to spawn in British Columbia are being caught in southeast Alaskan fisheries, hindering Canada's efforts to preserve and rebuild stocks that are dec...
Feb 16, 2022
Panel agrees with Canada that Trump-era U.S. solar panel tariffs violate USMCA
WASHINGTON - When it comes to trade dispute victories in the post-NAFTA era, Canada just tied it up, 1-1. A dispute resolution panel has agreed that tariffs on Canadian-made solar products imposed in ...
Feb 15, 2022