Tag Archives: Environment
Justin, take the wheel: experts tell Canada to show tough love at White House
WASHINGTON - The federal Liberal government was lulled into a false sense of security by the results of last year's U.S. election, say business leaders who want Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take a...
Nov 15, 2021
20 evacuation centres open in B.C. for rescued motorists, residents escaping flooding
AGASSIZ, B.C. - Melanie Forsythe's drive home from Vancouver to Hope, B.C., had her making at least five detours as torrential rain washed out a bridge, closed roads and trapped her overnight between ...
Nov 15, 2021
Rare eagle sighting in Atlantic Canada like palm tree in the tundra, expert says
The unusual odyssey of a rare eagle from Russia onto Texas, Quebec and finally Nova Scotia has birdwatchers both puzzled and spellbound. This Steller's sea eagle has trekked almost halfway around the ...
Nov 14, 2021
Green groups greet climate deal with hope, frustration after last-minute compromise
A last-minute deal reached at the United Nations climate talks Saturday drew a mix of discouragement and determination from environmental groups and politicians in Canada. Almost 200 countries accepte...
Nov 13, 2021
COP26 to accelerate climate action already underway in Canada, experts say
The delegates are trickling home and Glasgow's streets are clearing of protesters. Now, experts say, the real work begins of putting meat and bone to the pledges and commitments made by world leaders ...
Nov 13, 2021
Quebec builds fences around caribou as experts decry lack of habitat protection
MONTREAL - The Quebec government's decision to fence in another endangered caribou herd and to kill any wolves that approach the animals is worrying environmentalists, who say the province is again de...
Nov 13, 2021
Canada, U.S. call to end fossil fuel subsidies as COP26 draft called 'weasel words'
OTTAWA - Canada's environment minister fended off accusations Friday that UN climate negotiators are resorting to "weasel words" on addressing fossil fuel subsidies. As United Nations negotiators wres...
Nov 12, 2021
Canada's new foreign affairs minister meets in D.C. with U.S. counterpart Blinken
WASHINGTON - Canada won't shy away from defending its national interests when North America's three leaders sit down together next week, Mlanie Joly said Friday as she wrapped up her first stateside v...
Nov 12, 2021
Military faces cold weather issues as it pumps clean drinking water in Iqaluit
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A flowing river that turns to solid ice in October, freezing pipes and frosty arctic temperatures are all routine for Nunavummiut. But those issues were a first for a water treatmen...
Nov 11, 2021
Weather wreaking havoc on roads in northeast Saskatchewan
The latest Saskatchewan Highway Hotline report suggests travel is not recommended on a few highways within the northeast region of the province.On Thursday morning, reduced visibility and icy or slipp...
Nov 11, 2021