Tag Archives: Environment
Government's decision not to review lithium company takeover a 'mistake': expert
OTTAWA - An intelligence expert said the federal government's decision not to conduct a formal national security review on the takeover of a Canadian lithium mining company by a Chinese state-owned co...
Jan 26, 2022
B.C. Appeal Court extends injunction against old-growth logging protests
VANCOUVER - A court injunction against old-growth logging protests on Vancouver Island has been extended until next fall in a British Columbia Court of Appeal decision that overturns a lower-court rul...
Jan 26, 2022
Battleford approves River Valley location for pump track construction
The Town of Battleford has chosen a location to build an asphalt pump track.This looped sequence of rollers and berms meant to service users with any wheeled sports equipment will sit by the river val...
Jan 25, 2022
Budget officer finds $1B orphan well liability by 2025; critics claim underestimate
The parliamentary budget officer has found the cost of cleaning up orphaned oil and gas wells in Alberta and Saskatchewan already dwarfs the money collected from industry to pay for it. But critics im...
Jan 25, 2022
Attitude on carbon tax rebate defined by politics, not facts, survey suggests
Rebates on carbon taxes haven't helped Canadians warm to them, a new survey suggests. Results published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change say that not only did rebates fail to make much d...
Jan 25, 2022
Saskatchewan, Alberta partner to battle chronic wasting disease
The Alberta Conservation Association and the governments of Saskatchewan and Alberta are injecting nearly $1.3 million towards the research and development of a vaccine for chronic wasting disease (CW...
Jan 24, 2022
Motorists advised to watch for blowing snow Wednesday
Battlefords area drivers will need to keep their nose to the road later on Wednesday when blowing snow is forecast for the region.North Battleford Fire Department deputy fire chief Dave Pratt said peo...
Jan 24, 2022
B.C. study links low river flows with lower chinook salmon productivity
VANCOUVER - A study that links low summertime water flows in a British Columbia river with lower productivity across 22 generations of a struggling salmon population could help guide how rivers are ma...
Jan 21, 2022
No national security issue in Chinese takeover of Canadian lithium company: Liberals
OTTAWA - The pending takeover of a Canadian lithium mining company by a Chinese state-owned company raises no national security concerns, federal Liberals argued Thursday. Liberal MP Andy Fillmore, pa...
Jan 20, 2022
Canada announces grants to help companies use satellite data
The federal government has announced $8 million in grants to help companies take advantage of Canadian satellite data. At the same time, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Francois-Philippe ...
Jan 20, 2022