Tag Archives: Environment
Indigenous report calls for change in B.C. wildfire response, recovery
An Indigenous-led review of a massive wildfire that destroyed more than 100 homes in British Columbia's southern Interior four years ago has produced 30 calls to action to improve wildfire management ...
Dec 06, 2021
Kilted Scotsman completes 8,000-kilometre fundraising walk across Canada
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A kilt-wearing Scotsman and his dog completed an 8,000-kilometre fundraising walk across Canada on Sunday by striding into an icy breeze atop Cape Spear on the eastern edge of Newfo...
Dec 05, 2021
Ottawa announces $14.7 million to fight aquatic invasive species in mountain parks
BANFF, Alta. - The federal government is committing funds to fight aquatic invasive species in five mountain national parks in Alberta and British Columbia, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault anno...
Dec 04, 2021
Ship that lost containers moves to Nanaimo, B.C.: coast guard
NANAIMO, B.C. - A cargo ship that lost more than 100 containers into the Pacific Ocean after a fire on board has been cleared to travel to the Port of Nanaimo in British Columbia. Officials say the MV...
Dec 03, 2021
'We're all tired': Iqaluit residents unable to drink tap water for nearly 2 months
IQALUIT - In the summer, the Sylvia Grinnell River near Iqaluit is a popular spot to fish for Arctic char where ice-cold water cascades over rocky ledges. Now, with thick layers of ice and snow coveri...
Dec 03, 2021
Federal climate plan to meet new targets will be delayed until March: Guilbeault
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the new federal climate plan won't be ready until the end of March. The net-zero accountability law passed in June requires the government to make ...
Dec 03, 2021
Most popular EV in Canada, Tesla Model 3, no longer eligible for federal rebate
OTTAWA - The Tesla Model 3 will no longer top the list of Canada's most rebated electric car. In a notice posted on its website, Transport Canada said the popular car ceased to be eligible for the fed...
Dec 02, 2021
Worst of B.C. weather over; massive cleanup, rebuild ahead, says government
VICTORIA - The successive storms that brutalized southern British Columbia with floods and slides caused by record amounts of rainfall were declared over Thursday, but now the cleanup and costly rebui...
Dec 02, 2021
Indigenous leaders concerned over B.C. government's old-growth deferral process
Indigenous leaders and experts in British Columbia outlined their concerns Wednesday over the provincial government's process to defer logging in old-growth forests, while underscoring the urgency to ...
Dec 01, 2021
Trade minister Ng chats with U.S. counterpart as continental trade tensions fester
WASHINGTON - Canada's trade minister has headed back to the U.S. capital for discussions on festering trade irritants, just two weeks after joining Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on his visit to the Wh...
Dec 01, 2021