Tag Archives: Environment
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
Hundreds of academics ask Freeland to scrap carbon capture tax credit
OTTAWA - More than 400 Canadian climate scientists and other academics are pleading with Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to scrap her plan to create a tax credit for companies that build carbon cap...
Jan 20, 2022
Iqaluit water treatment plant shut down over fuel contamination
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The City of Iqaluit shut down its water treatment plant Wednesday after the water was contaminated last week with fuel for the second time. The city said a breach in the system is s...
Jan 19, 2022
Quebec details plan to capture, fence in isolated caribou herds to protect them
MONTREAL - The Quebec government will deploy helicopters, net guns, specially built traps and tranquillizer darts to capture and fence in animals from two isolated wild caribou herds to save them from...
Jan 19, 2022
Coast Guard retiring key ocean science vessel, replacement delayed yet again
OTTAWA - The federal government is being forced to retire one of the Canadian Coast Guard's important science vessels, dealing a blow to the country's ocean research capabilities for at least the next...
Jan 19, 2022