Tag Archives: Environment
'It was devastating': B.C. woman shares story of flood damage to family farm
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Tiffany de Leeuw says her in-laws realized the gravity of the disaster facing their farm on the Sumas Prairie when a field flooded in 30 minutes. She said her father-in-law and brot...
Nov 24, 2021
Environmentalists threaten Alberta Premier Kenney with lawsuit over inquiry remarks
A coalition of at least eight environmental groups is threatening to sue Alberta Premier Jason Kenney for defamation if he doesn't retract and apologize for statements saying a public inquiry found th...
Nov 24, 2021
Canada must strengthen critical infrastructure for future extreme weather: Blair
OTTAWA - Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair says the risk of future storms has to be taken into account as British Columbia rebuilds following massive rainstorms and deadly mudslides. Blair sa...
Nov 23, 2021
Canada considers tougher GHG rules for shipping in proposal at international meeting
Canada is considering an international proposal that would double the ambition of its greenhouse gas emissions targets from shipping - a plan observers say the country seems ready to support. A commit...
Nov 23, 2021
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