Tag Archives: Environment
Appeal Court reserves injunction decision in Fairy Creek old-growth logging protests
VANCOUVER - A panel of three judges in British Columbia's Court of Appeal reserved its decision Tuesday on the future of an injunction against old-growth logging protests on southern Vancouver Island ...
Nov 16, 2021
One body found in B.C. highway landslide, more missing: RCMP
RCMP say the body of a woman has been recovered from a landslide across Highway 99 near Lillooet, B.C., following historic rainfall as a search continues for others who may be buried in the debris. St...
Nov 16, 2021
Climate making disasters like B.C. rain more frequent and more intense: scientists
Climate scientists have been warning of catastrophic weather for years now, but nobody's happy the predicted floods and slides crippling British Columbia this week have come to pass. "It's not really ...
Nov 16, 2021
Hunters head back out as white-tailed deer season begins
Lodges may soon be seeing more business, and hunters may soon be out bagging more game, despite the snowy weather of late. As of November 1 and running until December 7, a new hunting season has begun...
Nov 16, 2021
Joly, Freeland, Ng and Mendicino to take part in summit with Trudeau in D.C.
WASHINGTON - The "Team Canada" approach that got the federal Liberal government through the raucous renegotiation of NAFTA three years ago will be back on full display this week in the U.S. capital. F...
Nov 16, 2021
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh calls on Ottawa to pay $180M cost of Iqaluit water crisis
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh wants the Liberal government to pay the cost of fixing Iqaluit's ongoing water emergency. The 8,000 people who live in Nunavut's capital haven't bee...
Nov 16, 2021
Oceana audit says little progress in Canada's fishery management over last five years
HALIFAX - A new report says Canadian fisheries management has "fallen short" over the last five years, with nearly one in five fish stocks still "critically depleted." More than 80 per cent of the cri...
Nov 16, 2021
New minister says natural resources must evolve to include renewables, biofuels
OTTAWA - In a country intent on helping to slow global warming without destroying its economy, Canada's latest natural resources minister says his department can no longer be thought of mainly as the ...
Nov 16, 2021
B.C. forest company says rule of law must apply to ongoing protests at Fairy Creek
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for a British Columbia forest company says it wants the court to uphold the rule of law at protest sites on southern Vancouver Island, where more than 1,000 people have been arres...
Nov 15, 2021
Ottawa must consult provinces on emissions cap for oil, gas industry: Alberta premier
OTTAWA - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney warned the federal government on Monday that it must consult with the provinces as Ottawa moves on plans to implement a cap on emissions from the oil and gas sect...
Nov 15, 2021