Tag Archives: Environment
B.C. floods cause at least $450 million in damage, Insurance Bureau of Canada reports
VANCOUVER - The Insurance Bureau of Canada estimates the insured damage caused by flooding in British Columbia last month at $450 million, calling it the "most costly severe weather event in the provi...
Dec 09, 2021
Alberta First Nations say coal company misrepresenting relationships to review group
Two Alberta First Nations say a coal company hoping to develop a mine in the province's Rocky Mountains isn't being forthcoming with a federal agency about its relationship with their communities. The...
Dec 09, 2021
Former B.C. TV weather forecaster predicts climate catastrophe and hunger for UN
OTTAWA - As a transplanted British Columbian, Jesse Mason views the extreme and shifting weather patterns unfolding in his native province with a high level of concern. First, there was the heat dome ...
Dec 09, 2021
Three NDP MPs sign petition criticizing B.C.'s NDP government over pipeline protests
OTTAWA - Three federal New Democrat MPs have signed a petition denouncing British Columbia's NDP government for its handling of an Indigenous protest at a pipeline work site and voicing distress at th...
Dec 08, 2021
Politicians raise concerns about carbon pricing benefits given to oilsands companies
EDMONTON - Federal and Alberta Opposition politicians want the province to be more transparent about a government program supporting profitable oilsands and other energy companies that say carbon pric...
Dec 08, 2021
David Cohen presents letters of credence at Rideau Hall to begin job as U.S. envoy
WASHINGTON - David Cohen is finally getting down to business as the newest United States ambassador to Canada - the first to take on the role full-time since 2019. Cohen, a lawyer, lobbyist and former...
Dec 07, 2021
B.C. safety agency issues worker hazard warnings for flooding cleanup
VICTORIA - Restoration companies and contractors in British Columbia that are about to help launch a massive flood cleanup and repair effort must be aware of the risks and hazards their work could pos...
Dec 07, 2021
Retreating glaciers are creating new salmon habitat, B.C. study shows
The retreat of glaciers in the Pacific mountains of British Columbia and Alaska could produce thousands of kilometres of potential new salmon habitat, a study led by researchers at Simon Fraser Univer...
Dec 07, 2021
Military's water purification system up and running again in Iqaluit
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The Canadian Armed Forces says its water purification system in Iqaluit is up and running again after it was down for two weeks. The military has been in the Nunavut capital of 8,00...
Dec 06, 2021
B.C. moves to recovery management phase after floods; most military leaving province
VICTORIA - British Columbia is shifting into repair and recovery mode following devastating floods and landslides caused by record rains that crippled transportation links, deluged agricultural operat...
Dec 06, 2021