Tag Archives: Environment
Throne speech outlines Liberal agenda, no bones thrown to opposition parties
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau threw few bones to opposition parties Tuesday in a throne speech that recapped the election platform that produced a second consecutive Liberal minority governme...
Nov 23, 2021
'Parade of storms' expected in British Columbia: Environment Canada
Environment and Climate Change Canada is warning that more rainfall is expected in B.C. this week and it will likely affect areas that are still recovering from last week's floods. Warning preparednes...
Nov 22, 2021
Tories, NDP call for House of Commons to have emergency debate on B.C. floods
OTTAWA - As the House of Commons returns to work for the first time in months, opposition parties are pushing for an immediate debate on climate change and the need to rebuild British Columbia followi...
Nov 22, 2021
B.C. officials should have issued warning about weather: First Nations leader
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government didn't warn residents in flood-prone areas about the potential devastation of torrential rain that left hundreds of motorists stranded on severed highways hi...
Nov 22, 2021
Decades worth of festering moose jawbones have much to say about N.L. ecology
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Fifty years of flesh-specked, festering jawbones pried out of moose by hunters and dropped in bins all over Newfoundland and Labrador have led to what biologist Don Keefe says is am...
Nov 21, 2021
'Pretty chaotic': Tiny B.C. community reconnected after flooding wiped out bridge
NOOAITCH FIRST NATION, BRITISH COLUMBIA - The same rainfall that forced the evacuation of 7,000 residents in Merritt, B.C., also stranded a small First Nation village just 20 kilometres away, but an a...
Nov 20, 2021
Thousand-year-old petroglyphs discovered at Wanuskewin
The actions of bison is being credited with a major archaeological find in Wanuskewin Heritage Park.On Friday, park founder Dr. Ernie Walker announced the discovery of four boulders with prehistoric c...
Nov 19, 2021
Gas rationed, travel restricted in parts of B.C. after storm washes out highways
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is rationing gasoline and restricting travel in southern parts of the province after an unprecedented storm severed highways and cut supply lines. Public Sa...
Nov 19, 2021
'I was in shock': Merritt, B.C., resident reeling from flood and evacuation
MERRITT, BRITISH COLUMBIA - The streets of Merritt, B.C., remained mostly empty Friday with the occasional emergency or maintenance vehicle making its way down snow-covered roads, while its 7,000 resi...
Nov 19, 2021
Alberta coal policy panel accused of bias, U.S. influence in letters to ministers
A group of Albertans is attacking a panel charged with gathering public opinion on coal mining in the province, saying it's biased against industry and influenced by American environmentalists. Member...
Nov 18, 2021