Tag Archives: Environment
B.C. court rejects First Nations' petition, but finds fishing rights were violated
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has rejected a petition from two First Nations that asked for an injunction to force the restoration of natural flows of the Nechako River, which has...
Jan 10, 2022
New trespassing legislation raises questions
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - The new trespassing legislation that came into force on Jan. 1 in Saskatchewan has raised some concerns to those it impacts. The Trespass to Property Amendment Act, 2019, and Th...
Jan 10, 2022
New trespassing legislation raises questions
The new trespassing legislation that came into force on Jan. 1 in Saskatchewan has raised some concerns to those it impacts. The Trespass to Property Amendment Act, 2019, and The Trespass to Property ...
Jan 10, 2022
Survey finds oilsands environmental monitoring ineffective after 10 years
EDMONTON - Alberta doesn't have a good grasp of the overall environmental impacts of the oilsands a decade after implementing monitoring that was supposed to provide it, internal government documents ...
Jan 09, 2022
Arizona's auto aspirations make for unlikely ally in Canada's EV tax-credit fight
WASHINGTON - From its arid desert climate to its mercurial, centre-right politics, the southern border state of Arizona hardly seems to have much in common with Canada beyond winter-wary snowbirds. Bu...
Jan 09, 2022
Feds overhauling methane-reduction fund slammed by environment commissioner
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is overhauling a methane-reduction program that the environment commissioner slammed last fall as poorly designed and a waste of money. The third...
Jan 07, 2022
Ice fishing season underway in northwest region
Many ice fishing enthusiasts in the northwest region of the province are out getting back into the sport again this year. The ice fishing season usually runs from around mid-December through to the en...
Jan 06, 2022
Ice fishing season underway in northwest region
Many ice fishing enthusiasts in the northwest region of the province are out getting back into the sport again this year.The ice fishing season usually runs from around mid-December through to the end...
Jan 06, 2022
Keurig to pay $3 million fine for false, misleading claims on recycling of its K-CUPs
OTTAWA - The Competition Bureau says Keurig Canada will pay a $3 million penalty for making false or misleading claims that its single-use K-Cup pods can be recycled. In a statement Thursday the burea...
Jan 06, 2022
Logging in watersheds among stressors for declining Pacific salmon, experts say
VANCOUVER - The compounding effects of climate change and logging are contributing tothe degradation of Pacific salmon habitat, experts say, adding a reassessment of watershed logging and restoration ...
Jan 03, 2022