Tag Archives: Environment
Bank of Canada plans to keep eye on climate change impact on inflation
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada says it plans to more closely monitor how increasingly frequent and severe weather events could impact the prices consumers pay for goods as part of its mandate to keep inf...
Nov 03, 2021
Alberta, with largest oil industry, sends fewer to COP than any other energy province
EDMONTON - The province with Canada's largest oil and gas industry has sent one of the country's smallest delegations to the COP26 international climate conference where emissions from that sector are...
Nov 03, 2021
Legault remains confident after voters in Maine say no to Hydro-Québec project
MONTREAL - Maine residents have voted No to having a Hydro-Qubec transmission line pass through the state, but Quebec Premier Franois Legault said Wednesday he is still confident the utility's $10-bil...
Nov 03, 2021
City of Iqaluit says water meets health standards but residents still can't drink it
IQALUIT - City officials say Iqaluit's drinking water meets national standards, but residents can't consume it until Nunavut's chief public health officer says it's OK. Chief administrative officer Am...
Nov 02, 2021
U.S. must learn more about Canada's potential as a critical-minerals partner: report
WASHINGTON - Canada needs to sell the United States on the progressive virtues of its mining industry if it wants to be an integral partner and supplier to burgeoning electric-vehicle and critical-min...
Nov 02, 2021
B.C. announces plans to defer old-growth logging across 26,000 square kilometres
VICTORIA - British Columbia will consult First Nations about deferring the logging of big, ancient and rare old-growth trees across 26,000 square kilometres of forests. The provincial government annou...
Nov 02, 2021
Trudeau takes carbon pricing debate to the global stage at COP26
GLASGOW, United Kingdom - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing the world to impose a global price on carbon by 2030 that would cover 60 per cent of the planet's greenhouse gas emissions. Trudeau s...
Nov 02, 2021
Judge temporarily halts road project near Montreal due to endangered frog
MONTREAL - A Quebec environmental group attempting to block a road construction project south of Montreal that it says would damage the habitat of an endangered frog said it's pleased with a recent co...
Nov 01, 2021
Alberta government, Opposition say the province should be consulted on emissions caps
EDMONTON - Alberta politicians are warning the federal Liberal government that caps on greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas will have to be set in consultation with the province. Both Premier Jas...
Nov 01, 2021
Hydro-Québec project facing 'green' opposition in Maine ahead of Tuesday's referendum
AUGUSTA, Maine - A plan to export hydroelectricity from Quebec to Massachusetts is facing opposition from environmental groups in Maine - where a 233-kilometre transmission line would be built - despi...
Nov 01, 2021