Tag Archives: Environment
Researcher develops Canadian floodplain map to show impact of climate change flooding
Low-lying areas of major cities like Vancouver and Montreal could become inundated with floods in the next 80 years under various climate change scenarios, suggests a floodplains map developed by a We...
Nov 03, 2021
Officials track the origin of a 'murder hornet' possibly from the U.S., found in B.C.
VANCOUVER - The remains of a giant hornet have been found in British Columbia, but the province's bee expert doubts there is any cause for alarm. Paul van Westendorp says the Asian giant hornet, somet...
Nov 03, 2021
Canada's spy agency plans to offer 'significant' help assessing climate change threat
OTTAWA - A senior Canadian Security Intelligence Service official predicts the spy agency will make a "significant contribution" to understanding the threats posed by a warming planet as climate chang...
Nov 03, 2021
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