Tag Archives: Environment
Canadian oil can be part of transition if it gets cleaner, IEA head says
OTTAWA - The executive director of the International Energy Agency says Canadian oil and gas can be part of the transition to a clean-energy future if the industry can cut its carbon footprint. A new ...
Jan 13, 2022
Annual bird count records 16 species in three-week period
La Ronge continues to be a well-suited environment for a variety of species of birds. That's according to winter bird count coordinator John Schisler, who said the count period lasted from Dec. 14 to ...
Jan 13, 2022
Expert panel says Canada needs to 'up its game" on climate data to better adapt
OTTAWA - A new report suggests Canada is not doing enough to adapt to and prevent the effects of climate change and is lacking the critical data it needs to do so. "I mean, 2021 has really now been a ...
Jan 13, 2022
‘It is scary’: Sask. environmentalists respond to EU climate report
Another report on the effects of climate change was released this week and people across the world, including Saskatchewan, are growing more concerned.The European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Se...
Jan 12, 2022
Montreal man experiencing homelessness dies after night out in extreme cold
Montreal police say a man experiencing homelessness died after spending the night outside in extreme cold. Police say they responded to a call about a case of possible hypothermia Monday night at an e...
Jan 11, 2022
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