Tag Archives: Environment
Mining the future: Canada's high hopes to become a global critical mineral powerhouse
OTTAWA - Getting the world to net-zero emissions by 2050 will require the production of critical minerals and metals to grow sixfold over the next 30 years, the International Energy Agency declared in...
Dec 16, 2021
Cars, couches, propane and fuel tanks among debris from record flooding in B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Unprecedented flooding in southwestern British Columbia has left hard-hit communities dealing with the disposal of debris like drywall, insulation, silt-soaked mattresses, couches a...
Dec 16, 2021
More research is needed connect climate change to B.C.'s extreme weather: analyst
EDMONTON - An extreme weather researcher says it's not yet clear whether this year's floods and heat waves in British Columbia can be attributed to human-caused climate change. Aseem Sharma with Natur...
Dec 15, 2021
Main B.C. highway to reopen to essential traffic by Monday after storms
VANCOUVER - A key highway link between British Columbia's Lower Mainland and the rest of the province will reopen to essential traffic by the end of the day on Monday, five weeks after it was heavily ...
Dec 15, 2021
Ottawa intends to fill charging-station deserts to encourage EV adoption: Guilbeault
OTTAWA - When Wilf Steimle makes the 600-kilometre drive from his home near Barrie, Ont., to board meetings in Montreal, he can get there in under seven hours with three 12-minute stops to repower his...
Dec 15, 2021
Marineland Canada says site for planned whale refuge in Nova Scotia is too polluted
HALIFAX - A plan in Nova Scotia to build North America's first coastal refuge for whales formerly kept in marine parks has come under fire from Marineland Canada. The marine park in Niagara Falls, Ont...
Dec 14, 2021
The rise of electric vehicles quietly powers firms, research in Atlantic Canada
HALIFAX - Pat Ryan's recent advances into the electric-vehicle parts market are quietly fuelling his factory's expansion at an industrial park on the edge of Halifax, far from Canada's automotive hear...
Dec 14, 2021
Canada willing to 'align' EV incentives with U.S. to avert tax-credit crisis: Trudeau
WASHINGTON - Canada would be willing to "align" its own electric-vehicle incentives with those south of the border if the United States were to ensure Canadian-built cars and trucks would be eligible ...
Dec 13, 2021
Only 8.5 million of the two billion trees promised by PM have been planted so far
OTTAWA - The federal government has planted less than half a per cent of the two billion trees it pledged to put in the ground across Canada by 2030, The Canadian Press has learned. Figures obtained t...
Dec 13, 2021
As seas rise, study sees need for national, natural approach to help coastal towns
HALIFAX - For Darlene Norman, being a municipal leader faced with what the author of a new study sees as Ottawa's piecemeal approach to climate-related flooding feels like drowning in ever-rising seas...
Dec 12, 2021